标题：Influence of Teacher-Student Relationships on Students’ Loneliness in Coeducational and Single-Gender Public Secondary Schools in Kenya: a case of Murang’a County
摘要：The objective of this study was to compare the influence of teacher-student relationship on students’ loneliness in singlegender and coeducational schools. The study was conducted in 312 sub county public secondary schools in Murang’a County, in central Kenya. A cross-sectional survey design was used. Stratified random sampling was used to get a sample of 435 participants out of 12,400 students in coeducational and single gender boarding schools. Loneliness was measured using Perth A-loneness (PAL) loneliness scale, whereas TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS was measured using 10 statements with graded responses in a five-point Likert scale developed for this study. The PAL and TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS scales together with personal data questions formed parts of the self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered by research assistants during normal school days. Correlation and regression analysis were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences(SPSS) version 20. TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS s were found to be inversely and highly significantly related to loneliness. Regression analysis revealed that TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS s predict between 3.0% and 8.0% of loneliness among students, depending on gender and school type.
