Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Assistant professor in department of psychology, University of Zanjan, Iran

2 Consultant

Abstract

Comparison of loneliness and coping self-efficacy in cell phone addicted and normal female college students
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to compare loneliness and coping self-efficacy in cell phone addicted and normal female college students, and design of ex post facto. The statistical population of this research included all female college students in University of Zanjan during the academic year of 1396-1397. The participants of this study were 70 students (35 in cell phone addicted and 35 normal group), who were selected by multi stage randomly. The instruments used in this study were koo hy cell phone addictive Scale, UCLA loneliness scale of russel and chesney coping self-efficacy scale. The index of F in loneliness equal to 18/45 and in self-efficacy equal to 31/64 The results of Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) showed that there were significant differences (P<0/01) between loneliness and coping self-efficacy in cell phone addicted and normal female college students.

Keywords: loneliness, coping self-efficacy, student with cell phone addicted

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