The State of Loneliness among Migrating Students: The Effect of Psychological Well-Being and Religiosity
Journal Title: International Journal of Islamic Educational Psychology - Year 2022, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Being separated from their parents causes many migrating students to experience loneliness, not to mention their age range is prone to it. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of psychological well-being and religiosity on loneliness and isolation in migrating students using ex post facto quantitative research methods. Respondents to this study were active 213 migrating students in several universities in Yogyakarta Special Religion, Indonesia. Their ages ranged from 18 to 24 years old. The measuring instruments used were UCLA Loneliness version 3 (α 0.942), the Psychological Well-being Scale (α 0.776), and The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (α) 0.876). The data analysis technique used was multiple regression. The results indicated a significant negative effect of psychological well-being on loneliness and no significant negative impact of religiosity on loneliness in migrating students. Psychological well-being and religiosity contributed 58.2% to influencing the loneliness variable. The main conclusion this study is psychological well-being makes migrating students experience less loneliness when they are far away from their hometowns.
Authors and Affiliations
Mahadewi Laksmidara, Fuad Nashori
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- EP ID EP721237
- DOI http://doi.org/10.18196/ijiep.v3i2.15613
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