Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire

By Gökmen Arslan. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 2020

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Loneliness is a serious risk factor for healthy development and flourishing. Although loneliness has been revealed to play an important role in psychological health and well-being, little is known about moderating and mitigating mechanisms underlying this association, especially during adverse experiences (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic). The current study purposed to explore whether subjective vitality mediated the association of loneliness with psychological adjustment and whether college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on students’ adjustment in the context of loneliness. The study sample comprised 333 undergraduate students (69% female) from a public university in Turkey. They ranged in age between 19 and 41 years (M= 21.94, SD= 4.15). Findings from mediation analysis revealed that loneliness had a significant predictive effect on subjective vitality and psychological adjustment challenges. Subjective vitality also mediated the effect of loneliness on the psychological adjustment of college students. Further, college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on adjustment and had a protective effect on the association between loneliness and subjective vitality in college students. These results indicate that subjective vitality and college belongingness are important mechanisms that may help develop prevention and intervention strategies to foster students’ psychological health and well-being in university settings.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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Combining the Best of Online and Face-to-Face Learning: Hybrid and Blended Learning Approach for COVID-19, Post Vaccine, & Post-Pandemic World (2021, background): “…that have been reported by students and caused by the sudden disconnectedness from their peers and instructions are increased mental health concerns, higher levels of anxiety surrounding academic performance, and reduced self-ef ﬁ cacy (Hehir, Zeller, Luckhurst, & Chandler, 2021; Arslan, 2021).”
School Belonging: The Importance of Student and Teacher Relationships (2021, background): “School belonging also positively contributes to a number of factors that promote student academic functioning, mental health, and wellbeing (Allen, Kern, Vella-Brodrick, Hattie, & Waters, 2018; Allen & Bowles, 2012; Arslan, 2021; Arslan, Allen, & Ryan, 2020).”
Understanding the Most Important Facilitators and Barriers for Online Education during COVID-19 through Online Photovoice Methodology (2020, background): “The COVID-19 has led to serious problems for many individuals (Arslan, 2020; Tanhan et al., 2020) and seriously affected college students (Akyol et al.”