TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relationship Between Fear, Loneliness, and Depression Among University Students: A Structural Equation Model
AU - Abu Shind, Yousef Abdelqader
AU - Al-Bahrani, Muna Abdullah
AU - Alkharusi, Hussain Ali
PY - 2023/8/25
Y1 - 2023/8/25
N2 - The aim of this study was to test the causal relationship among fear of Covid-19, loneliness, and depression from Covid-19. The study sample consisted of 605 undergraduate students recruited from a public university. They completed three scales: fear of Covid-19, depression from Covid-19, and loneliness. The results revealed a good fit index for the proposed path model. The fear of Covid-19 predicted two types of loneliness emotional and social negatively. A positive association between depression and emotional as well as social loneliness was found. A total of 43% of the variance in depression was explained by loneliness. Depression was potentially a mediating factor between a fear of pandemic and the feeling of loneliness. A counseling intervention can be designed based on these results.
AB - The aim of this study was to test the causal relationship among fear of Covid-19, loneliness, and depression from Covid-19. The study sample consisted of 605 undergraduate students recruited from a public university. They completed three scales: fear of Covid-19, depression from Covid-19, and loneliness. The results revealed a good fit index for the proposed path model. The fear of Covid-19 predicted two types of loneliness emotional and social negatively. A positive association between depression and emotional as well as social loneliness was found. A total of 43% of the variance in depression was explained by loneliness. Depression was potentially a mediating factor between a fear of pandemic and the feeling of loneliness. A counseling intervention can be designed based on these results.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/14b320ac-2743-305f-abc6-670c17fd1f52/
U2 - 10.23916/0020230837510
DO - 10.23916/0020230837510
M3 - Article
VL - 8
JO - COUNS-EDU: The International Journal of Counseling and Education
JF - COUNS-EDU: The International Journal of Counseling and Education
IS - 1
ER -