The precursor of loneliness in sports sciences students: Psychological resilience

Abstract

A total of 375 sports sciences students, 95 of whom are women, 280 of whom are men, selected by convenience sampling method. The study was designed with the correlational survey model. Research data were collected using the "Personal Information Form", "UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8)" and "Brief Psychological Resilience Scale". The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation analysis in the SPSS program and path analysis technique within the framework of structural equation modelling in the AMOS program. A moderate negative relationship was found between loneliness and psychological resilience. In addition, it was found that psychological resilience significantly predicted loneliness. These results indicate that while aiming to reduce the loneliness levels of sports science students, their psychological resilience should also be taken into account.