תרומתם של משאבים אישיים ושימושים באינטרנט לניבוי תחושת הבדידות של סטודנטיות להוראה עם וללא לקויות למידה או הפרעת קשב

The goal of this study was to explore the contribution of personal resources and Internet use in predicting loneliness in college students with and without LD or ADHD. Participants included 180 female students studying special education ,at a teachers' college in central Israel: 62 students with LD, ADHD, or both and 118 students without any diagnosed disability. Five questionnaires assessed loneliness, hope, self-efficacy, sense of coherence, and different types of Internet use (e.g., for activities and social involvement, for pleasure, or "escaping from reality"). Results indicated that students with LD or ADHD reported higher levels of loneliness and lower levels of hope, self-efficacy, and sense of coherence than students without a disability. Moreover, students with LD or ADHD use the Internet to increase their social involvement, relaxation, and "escaping from reality" more than their peers without disabilities. They also perceive the Internet as weakening social ties. Multiple regression analyses revealed a unique .contribution of sense of coherence for both groups (with and without disabilities) A unique and different contribution of each type of Internet use was found in .predicting the students' loneliness in each group