Loneliness and Negative Affective Conditions in Adults: Is There Any Room for Hope in Predicting Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms?
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, vol.150, no.3, pp.333-341, 2016 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 150 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.1080/00223980.2015.1039474
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.333-341
- Keywords: depressive symptoms, adults, anxiety, loneliness, hope, ANXIOUS SYMPTOMS, INVENTORY, PERFECTIONISM, RELIABILITY, MODERATOR, VALIDITY, VERSION, BELONG, SENSE, RISK
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This study examined the role of hope in understanding the link between loneliness and negative affective conditions (viz., anxiety and depressive symptoms) in a sample of 318 adults. As expected, loneliness was found to be a significant predictor of both anxiety and depressive symptoms. Noteworthy, hope was found to significantly augment the prediction of depressive symptoms, even after accounting for loneliness. Furthermore, we found evidence for a significant Loneliness x Hope interaction effect in predicting anxiety. A plot of the interaction confirmed that the association between loneliness and anxiety was weaker among high, compared to low, hope adults. Some implications of the present findings are discussed.