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Some normative, reliability, and factor analytic data for the revised UCLA Loneliness scale
Author(s) -
Knight Robert G.,
Chisholm Barbara J.,
Marsh Nigel V.,
Godfrey Hamish P. D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198803)44:2<203::aid-jclp2270440218>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - psychology , loneliness , normative , scale (ratio) , ucla loneliness scale , population , psychometrics , factor (programming language) , reliability (semiconductor) , construct validity , sample (material) , test validity , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , environmental health , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
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.