TY - JOUR
T1 - Learning difficulties and loneliness in college and beyond
T2 - The mediating role of self-efficacy, proactive coping, and hope
AU - Icekson, Tamar
AU - Begerano, Oranit Davidson
AU - Levinson, Michal
AU - Savariego, Jenny
AU - Margalit, Malka
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10/1
Y1 - 2021/10/1
N2 - Following the conservation of resources, social-cognitive and hope theories, the goals of this study were to identify the role of self-efficacy, proactive coping, and hope as mediators in the relations between learning difficulties and loneliness distress. A questionnaire was sent to current and past students. The sample consisted of 498 participants. The results demonstrated that individuals with learning difficulties reported higher levels of loneliness compared with individuals without learning difficulties. Moreover, self-efficacy, proactive coping, and hope mediated the relations between levels of learning difficulties and loneliness. Specifically, the final model emphasized the important role of hopeful beliefs, since hope mediated the relations between learning difficulties, self-efficacy, and proactive coping with loneliness. In terms of practical implications, professionals’ awareness as well as psychoeducational programs could be tailor-made to enhance hopeful beliefs and reduce loneliness.
AB - Following the conservation of resources, social-cognitive and hope theories, the goals of this study were to identify the role of self-efficacy, proactive coping, and hope as mediators in the relations between learning difficulties and loneliness distress. A questionnaire was sent to current and past students. The sample consisted of 498 participants. The results demonstrated that individuals with learning difficulties reported higher levels of loneliness compared with individuals without learning difficulties. Moreover, self-efficacy, proactive coping, and hope mediated the relations between levels of learning difficulties and loneliness. Specifically, the final model emphasized the important role of hopeful beliefs, since hope mediated the relations between learning difficulties, self-efficacy, and proactive coping with loneliness. In terms of practical implications, professionals’ awareness as well as psychoeducational programs could be tailor-made to enhance hopeful beliefs and reduce loneliness.
KW - Hope
KW - Learning difficulties
KW - Loneliness
KW - Proactive coping
KW - Self-efficacy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85116473770&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph181910508
DO - 10.3390/ijerph181910508
M3 - Article
C2 - 34639809
AN - SCOPUS:85116473770
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 19
M1 - 10508
ER -