The Mediating Role of Hardiness Personality in The Relationship between Friendship Quality and Loneliness among First Year College Students

Abstract

This research aimed to examine the mediating effect of personality hardiness on the relationship between friendship quality and loneliness in adolescents first year students. This research used a quantitative method with cross sectional non experimental design. There were 300 (56 boys and 244 girls) subjects gathered by using incidental sampling technique. The researcher used loneliness scale, quality of friendship scale, and hardiness personality scale. PROCESS Macro model 4 Hayes were used to test mediation. The result of the study showed hardiness personality mediated the relationship between quality of friendship and loneliness in the first year students.