What are potential cofounds and limitations of this study, aside from sample size?

A loneliness scale and negative religious coping scale was used to determine the relationship between loneliness and religious tensions.

Background information:

Twenty-one individuals volunteered to participate in this study through Facebook and email. The sample age ranged from 21-75, with a mean of 37.95 and a standard deviation of 16.19.

A Pearson's r correlation revealed a significant relationship between the loneliness and religious tensions (negative coping), r (19) = 0.692, p<.001 r2=".4789" tailed see table and figure the null hypothesis is rejected higher levels of religious tension associated with experiencing loneliness.>

Table 1:

Correlations
	Loneliness_average	Reg_copetotal
Loneliness_average	Pearson Correlation	1	.692**
Sig. (2-tailed)		<.001>
N	21	21
Reg_copetotal	Pearson Correlation	.692**	1
Sig. (2-tailed)	<.001>
N	21	21
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

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