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Effect of social support from family on an individual’s loneliness when mediated by one’s sense of belongingness

Joseph D. Reyes(1Mail), Julius B. Reyes(2),
(1) Telesforo and Natividad Alfonso High School, Philippines
(2) Telesforo and Natividad Alfonso High School, Philippines

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Abstract


This study was designed to identify the effect of social support from family on an individual's loneliness when mediated by one's sense of belongingness among young adults of the students of Telesforo and Natividad Alfonso High School for the SY 2022-2023. The study was utilizing the descriptive cross-sectional research design. A cross-sectional study describes a group of subjects at one particular point in time (Campbell, Machin, & Walters, 2007) without additional follow-ups from the participants. Moreover, this method allows the assessment of the relationship among the participants’ social support from their family, feelings of loneliness, their sense of belongingness, as well as the participants’ personal characteristics, in this study being their age. This study concluded that most of the respondents have a neutral response toward social support. Likewise, most of the respondents have a neutral response towards a sense of belonging, and most of the respondents disagree towards loneliness. Furthermore, it was found that significant relationship exists between the level of having a good family social support to students’ loneliness, level of social support and sense of belongingness, and level of sense of belongingness and loneliness.


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social support; family; individual’s loneliness; one’s sense of belongingness

   

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33122/ijase.v5i1.267 		       

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