Loneliness and time abroad in Polish migrants in the UK: Protective role of religious experience.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between time spent abroad, level of religious experience, and loneliness in Polish migrants in the UK. Factors differentiating the level of loneliness were migration time (up to one year, from one to five years, and over five years) and religious experience, which was postulated to have a protective function against the level of loneliness experienced. The R-UCLA test was used to verify the level of loneliness, and religious experience was measured with the Religious Experience Scale in participants (N = 200) who were Polish migrants. The results showed that the relationship between time abroad and loneliness is not linear-the highest levels of loneliness were experienced in those who had been living in the UK between one and five y

SUBMITTER: Tatala M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9931139 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature