Social and emotional loneliness among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the predictive role of coping behaviors, social support, and personal resilience
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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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Insufficient social interactions from social and physical distancing due to self-quarantine policies lead to diminished social support.
“Insufficient social interactions from social and physical distancing due to self-quarantine policies lead to a diminished social support (Labrague et al., 2021).”
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The Introduction says distancing and quarantine disrupted young people's interactions with peers and family. The Discussion reports that students had moderate social support during lockdown, but it does not establish that reduced interaction caused social support to diminish. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Labrague, L. J., De los Santos, J. A. A., & Falguera, C. C.
- Affiliations
- Sultan Qaboos University (OM)
- College of Nursing Visayas State University Baybay City Philippines
- University of the Philippines Manila (PH)
- Corresponding author
- Labrague, Leodoro J.
- Venue
- Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-01-06
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1578-1584
- ISSN
- 0031-5990 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-6163
- OpenAlex
- W3115016490
- Cited by
- 276
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 69 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 39.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Perspectives In Psychiatric Care (publishedVersion)
- Research Square (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Keywords
- loneliness, social loneliness, emotional loneliness, university students, COVID-19 pandemic, coping styles, social support, resilience, protective factors, lockdown
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adaptation, Psychological, Communicable Disease Control, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Loneliness, Social Behavior, Social Support, Students, Pandemics
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