An investigation of students’ life satisfaction and loneliness level in a sample of Turkish students

Authors

  • Songül Tümkaya Çukurova Üniversitesi
  • Birsel Aybek Çukurova Üniversitesi
  • Metehan Çelik

Keywords:

Yaşam doyumu, Yalnızlık, Cinsiyet, Yaş, Üniversite.

Abstract

This study investigated the correlation between the life satisfaction and loneliness levels of students of Faculty of Education with respected to age and gender variables. The participants are students at the Educational Faculty of Çukurova University in Adana/Turkey. The sample consists of 422 students, 223 female and 199 male. Their life satisfaction and loneliness levels were measured by the "UCLA Loneliness Scale" and "Life Satisfaction Scale", also "Personal Information Form" is used to gather personal information. To analyze data, t-test, one-way ANOVA, stepwise regression and correlation statistical techniques are used. The research findings show that the male students' loneliness level is higher than the female students' loneliness level. There is no significant difference found between male and female students' life satisfaction. Beside, the correlation between age and loneliness level shows that, loneliness level is increased with the increase of age. However, there is a negative correlation between life satisfaction and loneliness level. Based on research findings, researchers suggest that the psychological counseling and guidance services of university must be functionalized and improved to increase students' life satisfaction and to decrease loneliness level.

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Author Biographies

Songül Tümkaya, Çukurova Üniversitesi

Doç.Dr. Songül Tümkaya

Alanı :Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlik

 

Birsel Aybek, Çukurova Üniversitesi

Dr. Öğretim Görevlisi

Alanı:Program Geliştirme

Metehan Çelik

Ç.Ü. Eğitim Bilimleri Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışma alanında Doktoralı Öğretim Görevlisi

Published

2008-05-28

How to Cite

Tümkaya, S., Aybek, B., & Çelik, M. (2008). An investigation of students’ life satisfaction and loneliness level in a sample of Turkish students. Journal of Human Sciences, 5(1). Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/429

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Section

Psychology