Impact of Educational Qualification on Social Support, Social Isolation and Social and Emotional Loneliness: A Study of Senior Citizens
The present study aims to investigate the impact of educational qualification on social support, social isolation, and loneliness (social and emotional) among Senior Citizens. De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (1985),Social Support Scale developed by Malik (2002), and Friendship Scale developed by H...
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doaj-81d86a05952741ac97447fa9648c861f2020-11-25T01:14:21ZengDepartment of Psychology, Islamia College PeshawarPeshawar Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences2415-67792518-44742019-02-014215317010.32879/picp.2018.4.2.15314Impact of Educational Qualification on Social Support, Social Isolation and Social and Emotional Loneliness: A Study of Senior CitizensSalma Naz Gul0Rabia Chishti1Maher Bano2University of PeshawarUniversity of PeshawarPreston University, KohatThe present study aims to investigate the impact of educational qualification on social support, social isolation, and loneliness (social and emotional) among Senior Citizens. De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (1985),Social Support Scale developed by Malik (2002), and Friendship Scale developed by Hawthorne (2006) were used to measure the pertinent constructs of present study. Purposive convenient sampling technique was used to draw the sample of older adults (N = 500) aged 60 to 90 years (M = 67.59, SD = 7.54) from both urban and rural areas of various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Alpha coefficients, for all the variables were computed, which ranged between .60 for social loneliness to .96 for social support total scale. Study found significant differences among the variables. Findings revealed that educational qualification of the sample had a positive impact on their social support and they were less socially isolated as compared to uneducated senior citizens.https://www.pjpbsicp.com/index.php/pjpbs/article/view/14old agesocial supportsocial lonelinesssocial isolationeducation |
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Salma Naz Gul Rabia Chishti Maher Bano Impact of Educational Qualification on Social Support, Social Isolation and Social and Emotional Loneliness: A Study of Senior Citizens Peshawar Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences old age social support social loneliness social isolation education |
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Impact of Educational Qualification on Social Support, Social Isolation and Social and Emotional Loneliness: A Study of Senior Citizens |
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Impact of Educational Qualification on Social Support, Social Isolation and Social and Emotional Loneliness: A Study of Senior Citizens |
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Impact of Educational Qualification on Social Support, Social Isolation and Social and Emotional Loneliness: A Study of Senior Citizens |
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Impact of Educational Qualification on Social Support, Social Isolation and Social and Emotional Loneliness: A Study of Senior Citizens |
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Impact of Educational Qualification on Social Support, Social Isolation and Social and Emotional Loneliness: A Study of Senior Citizens |
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impact of educational qualification on social support, social isolation and social and emotional loneliness: a study of senior citizens |
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Department of Psychology, Islamia College Peshawar |
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Peshawar Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences |
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2415-6779 2518-4474 |
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The present study aims to investigate the impact of educational qualification on social support, social isolation, and loneliness (social and emotional) among Senior Citizens. De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (1985),Social Support Scale developed by Malik (2002), and Friendship Scale developed by Hawthorne (2006) were used to measure the pertinent constructs of present study. Purposive convenient sampling technique was used to draw the sample of older adults (N = 500) aged 60 to 90 years (M = 67.59, SD = 7.54) from both urban and rural areas of various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Alpha coefficients, for all the variables were computed, which ranged between .60 for social loneliness to .96 for social support total scale. Study found significant differences among the variables. Findings revealed that educational qualification of the sample had a positive impact on their social support and they were less socially isolated as compared to uneducated senior citizens. |
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old age social support social loneliness social isolation education |
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