Self-efficacy and its Relationship With Loneliness Among Palestinians Retired From Work

Abstract

The study aimed to identify levels of self-efficacy and their relations with psychological loneliness among the retired. The study sample consisted of (251), (210) of whom were males, and (41) were females. The researcher constructed and used self-efficacy, and psychological loneliness scales. The findings revealed the level of self-efficacy as measured by the overall of the scale was (79.76%), the effort dimension came first with (82.02) whereas the psychological loneliness level as measured by the overall scale was (83.41), the dimension of family relations came first with a percentage of (84.82), while the domain of social relations came last with.(82.30%). Besides, the findings uncovered a proportional direct relationship between self-efficacy and psychological loneliness among the subjects. Additionally, there were no statistically significant differences in the dimensions of self-efficacy scale attributed to the study variables with the exception of sex and in favor of males, and there were no statistically significant differences in the dimensions of psychological loneliness scale attributed to the study variables with the exception of the educational level in favor of diploma holders and sex and in favor of males.