Some normative, reliability, and factor analytic data for the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale.
Normative statistics are provided for the UCLA Loneliness Scale based on the results of a sample of 978 adult subjects collected during a general population health survey. Factor analysis of the data revealed that the scale had a two factor structure; positively worded items loaded on one factor and negatively worded items on the other. Results from the factor analysis were used to construct two equivalent 10-item short forms of the scale. Previous findings that the scale is highly reliable were confirmed.
Knight
R G
RG
Psychology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Chisholm
B J
BJ
Marsh
N V
NV
Godfrey
H P
HP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D012934:Social Isolation