COUNS-EDU: The International Journal of Counseling and Education
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023)

The Relationship Between Fear, Loneliness, and Depression Among University Students: A Structural Equation Model

Yousef Abdelqader Abu Shind (Sultan Qaboos University)
Muna Abdullah Al-Bahrani (Sultan Qaboos University)
Hussain Ali Alkharusi (Sultan Qaboos University)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Aug 2023

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the causal relationship among fear of Covid-19, loneliness, and depression from Covid-19. The study sample consisted of 605 undergraduate students recruited from a public university. They completed three scales: fear of Covid-19, depression from Covid-19, and loneliness. The results revealed a good fit index for the proposed path model. The fear of Covid-19 predicted two types of loneliness emotional and social negatively. A positive association between depression and emotional as well as social loneliness was found. A total of 43% of the variance in depression was explained by loneliness.  Depression was potentially a mediating factor between a fear of pandemic and the feeling of loneliness. A counseling intervention can be designed based on these results.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

counsedu

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Subject

Education

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COUNS-EDU: The International Journal of Counseling and Education ISSN: 2548-348X , e-ISSN: 2548-3498 is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal published by Indonesian Counselor Association (IKI). The aim of this journal is to publish high-quality articles dedicated to all aspects of the latest ...