TY - JOUR AU - Hemati-Alamdarloo, Ghorban AU - Shojaee, Setareh AU - Asadmanesh, Enayatollah AU - Gholami, Marziyeh AU - Rahmani, Hamed PY - 2019/09/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The comparison of loneliness in athlete and non-athlete women JF - Journal of Human Sport and Exercise JA - J. Hum. Sport Exerc. VL - 14 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.14198/jhse.2019.143.10 UR - https://www.jhse.ua.es/article/view/2019-v14-n3-loneliness-athlete-non-athlete-women SP - 591-598 AB - The aim of the present study was to compare the loneliness in athlete and non-athlete women. The statistical population of the present study included all athlete and non-athlete women in Shiraz, Iran. The sample consisted of 764 subjects (382 athletes, 382 non- athletes) that the athletes sample selected by Gerjesy and Morgan’sample size table and non-athletes sample selected by purposeful sampling method. Loneliness scale (Dehshiri et al., 2008) was used for measuring the loneliness. Independent t-test and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) tests were used for data analysis. The results showed a significant difference between athlete and non-athlete females in the loneliness and its subscales (p<0/05). According to this finding, loneliness in athletes is less than non-athlete women. Regarding the findings of this study, it can be argued that sport activities play a role in reducing the loneliness of women. ER -