Rankıng The Causes Of Crowded Lonelıness Wıth The SWARA Method

Year 2025, Volume: 36 Issue: 4, 617 - 640, 31.10.2025

Yadigar Polat

https://doi.org/10.33417/tsh.1640279

Abstract

Crowded loneliness is a phenomenon in which individuals experience a deep sense of loneliness despite being in social or crowded physical environments. Crowded loneliness leads to mental health problems, low life satisfaction, and the weakening of social ties in individuals, and it has become a significant public health problem for society. Addressing this situation requires strengthening social ties, encouraging deep relationships over superficial ones, and promoting the conscious use of digital technologies to combat loneliness. The study aims to develop important strategies for both individuals and societies by offering solutions in combating loneliness. It also aims to understand the main causes of crowded loneliness and to rank the effects of these causes on individuals' feelings of loneliness using the SWARA method. The study analyzed factors such as the search for meaning, superficial relationships, social expectations, stress of modern life, emotional needs, digitalization, and family factors. SWARA analyses determined the most important causes of crowded loneliness for both academics and students were "Failure to Meet Emotional Needs" and "Speed and Stress of Modern Life".

Keywords

Crowded Loneliness , SWARA Method , Modern Life , Emotional Needs

Kalabalık Yalnızlık Nedenlerinin SWARA Yöntemiyle Sıralanması

Abstract

Kalabalık yalnızlık, bireylerin sosyal çevrelerinde veya kalabalık ortamlarda bulunmalarına rağmen derin bir yalnızlık hissi yaşamalarını ifade eden bir olgudur. Kalabalık yalnızlık, bireylerde zihinsel sağlık sorunları, düşük yaşam memnuniyeti ve sosyal bağların zayıflaması gibi sonuçlara neden olurken, toplum için de önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunu haline gelmiştir. Bu durum, yalnızlıkla mücadele için sosyal bağların güçlendirilmesini, yüzeysel ilişkiler yerine derinlemesine ilişkilerin teşvik edilmesini ve dijital teknolojilerin bilinçli kullanılmasını gerektirmektedir.
Çalışma, yalnızlıkla mücadelede çözüm önerileri sunarak hem bireyler hem de toplumlar için önemli stratejiler geliştirmeyi hedeflemektedir. Ayrıca kalabalık yalnızlığın temel nedenlerini anlamayı ve bu nedenlerin bireylerin yalnızlık hissi üzerindeki etkilerini SWARA yöntemiyle sıralamayı amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmada, anlam arayışı, yüzeysel ilişkiler, toplumsal beklentiler, modern yaşamın stresi, duygusal İhtiyaçlar, dijitalleşme ve ailevi faktörler gibi unsurlar ele alınmıştır. SWARA yöntemi ile yapılan analizler sonucunda hem akademisyenlerde hem de öğrencilerde kalabalık yalnızlığın en önemli nedeni “Duygusal İhtiyaçların Karşılanamaması” ve “Modern Yaşamın Hızı ve Stresi”olarak belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Kalabalık Yalnızlık , SWARA Yöntemi , Modern Yaşam , Duygusal İhtiyaç

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