EXAMINING THE CONCEPTS OF LONELINESS AND RELIGIOSITY IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TERMS OF SOME DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES (MERSIN EXAMPLE)

This study aimed to investigate the concepts of loneliness and religiosity in high school students in terms of some variables. High school age, which is a different stage from other developmental stages that enable the individual to transition from childhood to adulthood, is a period in which the yo...

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Autor principal: İlyas PÜR
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Publicado: Fırat University 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/b87955ccd34a4dde8a5397da2099720c
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Sumario:This study aimed to investigate the concepts of loneliness and religiosity in high school students in terms of some variables. High school age, which is a different stage from other developmental stages that enable the individual to transition from childhood to adulthood, is a period in which the youth perceives the world in a different way than before by questioning himself, life and society. Because while a biological improvement is observed in body organs in high school period; There is a behavioral complexity due to the psychological not knowing how to behave. Loneliness is considered as one of the most important problems of today's society. Loneliness negatively affects the quality of life of high school youth, causing damage to their emotional world. Loneliness, which is thought to differ from person to person, is also thought to pose a great risk on education. As it is known that religion is an important factor in the feelings, thoughts and behaviors of the individual at all stages of human life, it has made it necessary to investigate the relationship between religiosity and many psychological conditions that people experience. Researching the concepts of loneliness and religiosity of high school students is important in terms of providing scientific solutions to this problem and achieving the goals in education in the best way. The research group of this study, which aims to investigate the loneliness levels of high school students in terms of various variables such as gender, age, school type, monthly income level, religious importance perception, subjective religiousness perception, and their level of religiousness, is the research group of the high school students in Mersin. It consists of a total of 431 students, 204 of whom are girls and 227 are boys. UCLA Loneliness Scale, Religious Life Scale and Personal Information Questionnaire were used to collect data. The following results were obtained by analyzing the data obtained: It was observed that gender, age and religion significance variables did not make a statistically significant difference on the loneliness levels of the students, but the variables of school type, monthly income level and subjective religiousness perception did not create a statistically significant difference. In addition, it was determined that gender and age variables do not make a statistically significant difference on the religiousness levels of the students, but the variables of school type and monthly income level make a statistically significant difference.