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Volume : III, Issue : II, March - 2013

A STUDY ON PERCEIVED LONELINESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

SANDEEP KUMAR

Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

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The main objective of this study was to see the impact of some variables namely Sex, Locality and Family background of college students on Perceived Loneliness. Normative Survey method was adopted to conduct the study. Sampling was done randomly and data was collected from 300 College students of Puducherry region with the help of Perceived Loneliness Scale having a five-point rating scale. The t-ratios calculated between the Mean values of different categories of college students indicated that the Location did not have any significant effect on Perceived Loneliness but Sex and Family Background have significant effect on it.

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SANDEEP KUMAR, (2013). A STUDY ON PERCEIVED LONELINESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. II, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2159.pdf

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