Relationship Between Self Esteem and Loneliness Among College Hostel Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to see if there was a relationship between self-esteem and loneliness among college hostel Living students. It was hypothesized that self-esteem and loneliness would have a positive relationship. The participants in this study were 200 college students ranging in age from 17 to 22 years old who lived in hostels. The sample was gathered from several Indian colleges and included nearly equal numbers of males (n = 100) and females (n = 100) students. The information was gathered using an online survey. Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale (Rosenberg, 1965) was used to assess self-esteem, whereas the University of California and Los Angeles loneliness scale was used to assess loneliness. Self-esteem and loneliness have a positive link, according to Pearson correlation. Male and female students had no significant differences in self- esteem and loneliness, according to an independent sample t-test.