The relationship between loneliness and social self-efficacy in students

The current study was designed to examine the relationship between loneliness and social efficacy of male students in families with temporary presence of the father in the home (for employment). The study included 201 participants from the first period high school students in Shiraz that their fathers were not at home for a period of time, two weeks, a month or more due to their work which were selected by multistage clustering method and filled out the Asher's loneliness and Kennelly's social-self questionnaire. Data were analyzed with descriptive methods and Pearson correlation test. The results of this study showed that the mean score of social self is 113.42 with 23.12 standard deviation and the average score of loneliness is 58.93 with 11.46 standard division. Also a significant correlation was found between loneliness with social self-efficacy and between the subscales of self-efficacy and feelings of loneliness. Regarding the relationship between loneliness with self-efficacy and its components in the students, planning for further support of young families can be effective in improving their efficacy.