Cognitive and existential factors of students’ loneliness

- Stepura, E.V. (orcid.org/0000-0002-7214-0788) and Zavhorodnіa, Olena (orcid.org/0000-0001-8786-8707) (2026) Cognitive and existential factors of students’ loneliness Journal of Educational Sciences & Psychology, 1. pp. 196-208. ISSN 2247-6377

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Abstract

The paper deals with the problem of the connection attributional style, meaning in life and death anxiety with loneliness. The presence of a clear sense of meaning in life emerged as a stable protective factor, associated with an optimistic attributional style and lower levels of loneliness. In contrast, the search for meaning correlated with heightened death anxiety, but not with loneliness, which may indicate a compensatory nature of this process. Death anxiety was associated with pessimistic attributions, reduced hope, and increased indicators of loneliness. An optimistic explanatory style played a buffering role in relation to loneliness.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	alienation; isolation; pessimistic attributions; meaning in life; death anxiety.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 303 Methods of the social sciences Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 378 Higher education. Universities. Academic study
Divisions:	Institute of Psychology after N.Kostiuk > Department of methodology and theory of psychology
Depositing User:	м.н.с. О.В Котух
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2026 17:18
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2026 17:18
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/750734

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