The Mediating Role of Loneliness between Fear of Corona and Perceived Social Support with Psychological Well-being of Male High School Students in the Corona Pandemic

The aim of this study was to survey mediating role of loneliness between fear of corona and perceived social support with psychological well-being of junior high school students in the corona pandemic. In this descriptive study, the statistical population of the study included all high school students in Isfahan in the academic year 2021-2022. For this purpose, 225 were selected by cluster sampling method and researched into questionnaires including fear of corona )Weiss et al, 2020), (Russell,1980), perceived social support of (Zimet et al,1988) and psychological well-being (Ryff et al, 2002) responded. Research data were analyzed using statistical software package for social sciences and structural equation modeling using SPSS23 statistical software and PLS3 software. The results showed that psychological well-being had a negative relationship with social support and feelings of loneliness and a significant positive relationship with perceived social support. Feelings of loneliness mediate the relationship between fear of coronation, feelings of loneliness, and perceived social support(P<0/05). The results of the structural equation model had a good fit and the feeling of loneliness mediated the relationship between corona fear and perceived social support with the psychological well-being of junior high school male students.