Measuring the feeling of loneliness and the probability of alexithymia, depression, and suicide in adults

The purpose of this research; The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between loneliness and alexithymia, depression and suicide probability in adult individuals. For this purpose, the relationship between socio-demographic variables and dependent variables was examined. Whether there is a difference between the groups formed on the basis of socio-demographic variables in terms of dependent variable levels was investigated, and whether loneliness and alexithymia, depression and suicide probability predicted each other was examined. The research was carried out with the relational screening method. The sample of the study consists of 406 adult individuals over the age of 18 in Erzurum. Participants in Turkey in order to determine their level of depression reliability and validity Hisli (1989) that 'the Beck Depression Inventory by' using, Turkey has validity and reliability study of old to determine their suicide probability level (1993) developed by 'Suicide Probability Scale', participants alexithymia to determine the level of reliability and validity Gulec et al in Turkey. (2009) conducted by 'alexithymia scale' and validity in Turkey in the past as a participant of the determination of loneliness levels of reliability and Iron (1989) made by 'UCLA loneliness Inventory' used. Descriptive and comparative statistical analysis methods were used in the study. The prepared questionnaire was subjected to reliability analysis in SPSS 22.0 for computer-based statistics program. Cronbach's Alpha method was used to measure the reliability of the survey data used in the study. According to the research findings; It has been observed that as the level of depression increases in adults, loneliness and suicidal states also increase. At the same time, as the level of loneliness increases in adults, the cases of suicide and alexithymia also increase. Finally, it is observed that as the suicide level increases in adults, their alexithymia also increases. The findings obtained were discussed within the framework of the relevant literature.