Impact of Loneliness on Mental Health among University Students

Abstract

Loneliness has become a very severe concern in every age group like adolescents, adults, and older people. students were found to be more susceptible to mental health problems than the general population. The study aims to investigate loneliness’s impact on university students’ mental health. This study used the UCLA Loneliness Scale by Russell (1996) and the Mental Health Inventory by Veit and Ware (1983) measures. The sample comprises 200 university students. Statistical techniques like Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Pearson correlation, and regression have been used to analyze the data. Descriptive analysis for the variable showed that the mean value of loneliness among males is 44.80 (SE =.97) and among females is 46.36 (SE =.93). The mean value of mental health among males is 67.41 (SE = 1.27) and among females is 67.12 (SE =.99). The result reveals that the correlation between loneliness and mental health is -.538, which is significant at the a. 01 level. The variance is significant at the 0.01 level. There is a negative correlation between the variables loneliness and mental health. Loneliness has an impact on the mental health of university students.