BELİREN YETİŞKİNLER İÇİN YALNIZLIK KAYGISI ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ VE ÇEŞİTLİ DEĞİŞKENLERE GÖRE YALNIZLIK KAYGISININ İNCELENMESİ
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LONELINESS ANXIETY SCALE FOR EMERGING ADULTS AND EXAMINATION OF LONELINESS ANXIETY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS VARIABLES

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable loneliness anxiety scale for emerging adults and to examine the loneliness anxiety levels of emerging adults according to some variables. The participants of the study consisted of a total of 1534 university students from 3 different study groups. EFA was conducted with the first study group consisting of 724 participants to determine the factor structure of the scale and it was found that the scale explained 55.6% of the total variance and consisted of 3 factors. For the reliability of the scale, internal consistency (Cronbach alpha), structural reliability (McDonald) and two-half reliability analyzes (Spearman Brown) were used and it was determined that the loneliness anxiety scale had a reliable structure. CFA was conducted with the second study group consisting of 257 participants and it was determined that the scale values showed a good fit. With the third study group consisting of 553 people, loneliness anxiety was examined according to various variables (gender, age, program of study, parental living situation, frequency of social media use, number of friends, longest residence center, romantic relationship status, easy friendship, psychological trauma experience, family togetherness, physical trauma experience and psychological help experience). As a result of the research, it was concluded that the loneliness anxiety scale developed as a result of the research is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used to determine the loneliness anxiety levels of emerging adults.

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