Social and Emotional Loneliness Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Predictive Role of Coping Behaviors, Social Support, and Personal Resilience

Overview

Journal Perspect Psychiatr Care

Date 2021 Jan 7

PMID 33410143

Citations 83

Authors

Leodoro J Labrague

Janet Alexis A De Los Santos

Charlie C Falguera

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Abstract

Objective: To determine the influence of coping behaviors, resilience, and social support on students' emotional and social loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional research design was used to gather data from 303 college students from the Central Philippines using four standardized scales through an online survey.

Findings: Loneliness among students was high during the coronavirus pandemic. Resilience, coping behaviors, and social support were identified as protective factors against loneliness.

Practice Implications: Interventions directed toward increasing resilience, social support, and coping behaviors may help decrease emotional and social loneliness caused by the mandatory lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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