Social Skills, Life Satisfaction, and Loneliness in Turkish University Students
My aim in this study was to investigate the social skills, life satisfaction, and loneliness levels of a sample of 525 Turkish university students. Participants completed the UCLA Loneliness Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Social Skills Inventory, and a personal information form.
Independent samples t test, correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis were employed for data analysis. The social skills and life satisfaction levels of female students were found to be significantly higher than those of male students. Loneliness levels of male students
were found to be significantly higher than those of female students; social skills and life satisfaction were negatively correlated with loneliness; and social skills were positively correlated with life satisfaction. Life satisfaction and social skills negatively predicted university students'
loneliness.
Keywords: GENDER; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; SOCIAL SKILLS; TURKEY; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 March 2013
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