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Self-Esteem and Loneliness in Secondary School Students - The Moderating Role of Anxiety

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the designed study is to analyze the relationship between self-esteem and the sense of loneliness of secondary school students, taking into account the moderating role of anxiety. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The research question is: Does anxiety moderate the relationship between self-esteem and loneliness among adolescents attending secondary schools, and if so, how? Data collection was used: Rosenberg Loneliness Scale, Revised R-ULCA Loneliness Scale and the STAI State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The decision to undertake research resulted, from the high degree of social importance of the issues described, and - what is equally important - the lack of comprehensive studies in the available literature exploring this matter, which could constitute at least a partial remedy in the context of the issues described. Moreover, the discussed topic is highly topical due to the common dynamism of the described anxiety processes in the context of self-esteem or loneliness (where the factor dynamizing anxiety are currently intensified social threats in the form of escalation of armed conflicts, progressive digital threats and the post-pandemic state). RESEARCH RESULTS: The results indicate that as the level of self-esteem increases, the level of loneliness among secondary school students decreases in terms of breaking the sense of contact with others and breaking social bonds in all respondents, regardless of the level of anxiety. CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICABLE VALUE OF RESEARCH: The obtained results suggest the need to develop appropriate programs for students with a high sense of loneliness, which would include raising their own self-esteem as well as working on anxiety, which may allow them to acquire behaviors that help them overcome social isolation and the feeling of loneliness.

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