Loneliness and Depression: Relations with Personal Characteristics and Life Habits in University Students

• Autor(a) principal: Barroso, Sabrina Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Nadyara Regina de, Andrade, Valéria Sousa de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/23496
• topic: Loneliness, Depression, Social support, Undergraduate students, UCLA-BR; Solidão, Depressão, Suporte social, Universitários, UCLA-BR

This study evaluated loneliness and depression of college students to verify its relationship with their habits, course characteristics, and social support. It was used the UCLA-BR Loneliness Scale, Social Support Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire, and a complementary questionnaire to evaluate 574 students. Depression was screened in 38.7% of the students, and 53% of them showed minimal loneliness. Most students had four or more daily meals, slept 6 to 8 hours, considered having friends and leisure, did not smoke, but usually drank. There was a correlation between loneliness and depression (rho = 0.42) and of these with the students’ habits, course area, and social support. It was concluded that the emotional state of the students is worrying and that interventions are necessary.