Sports And Physical Activity As A Preventative Social Support Approach To Loneliness And Hopelessness Of Adolescents

As the first phase of a longitudinal study, this research explores the level of loneliness and hopelessness of 48 adolescents living in an orphanage and their counterparts (42) living in typical settings based on their involvement in sports and gender. T-test was conducted to identify differences among determined groups. Even though no meaningful differences were found among groups, variability in scores was notable in standard deviation (SD) scores when it comes to the degree of hopelessness based on gender and the degree of loneliness based on their involvement in sports and where they live.