Revisiting the factorial validity of the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: a test of competing models in a sample of teachers.
Over the years, various studies addressing different populations have consistently raised concerns about the unidimensionality of the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale. In the present study, the factorial structure of the scale was examined by comparing it to alternative models. In a sample of 1,157 French Canadian teachers, results of confirmatory factor analysis support a three-factor model solution. Support for the invariance of this model across sexes and teaching levels (i.e., elementary and high school) was also obtained.
Dussault
Marc
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Laboratoire de Recherche en Comportement Organisationnel, Département des Sciences de la Gestion, Université du Québec a Trois-Rivières, Canada. Marc.Dussault@uqtr.ca
Fernet
Claude
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Austin
Stéphanie
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Leroux
Mathieu
M
D000328:Adult; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012934:Social Isolation; D055815:Young Adult