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Alone Together : Investigating Loneliness, Anxiety, and Housing Situations Among Students in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Steven, Matea (2025) Alone Together : Investigating Loneliness, Anxiety, and Housing Situations Among Students in the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted university students’ mental health by creating disruptions in their daily lives. Increasing experiences of loneliness and anxiety led to unique challenges, which are further influenced by individual living situations or traits such as intolerance of uncertainty (IU). This research examines the relationship between loneliness and general and COVID-related anxiety in students and the moderating and mediating roles of IU and housing situations. It is part of a bigger study that investigates primary and secondary stressors in students during the COVID-19 pandemic and utilises a cross-sectional correlational quantitative study design. The sample comprised 444 participants. The results indicated that while there are significant relationships between general anxiety and loneliness and IU, COVID-related anxiety is not related to loneliness. Some (marginally) significant mediations indicate a mediating effect of IU on loneliness and COVID-related anxiety, while non-significant moderations show no effect of housing situation. This research contributes to the growing field of mental health research and the understanding of the pandemic's effects, with a focus on young adults, such as university students. Discussion points include the construction of the COVID-related anxiety variable and additional considerations for future research, such as social media or students’ living situations. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/107162 |
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