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The Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: concurrent and discriminant validity evidence
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The development of an adequate assessment instrument is a necessary prerequisite for social psychological research on loneliness. Two studies provide methodological refinement in the measurement of loneliness. Study 1 presents a revised version of the self-report UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Loneliness Scale, designed to counter the possible effects of response bias in the original scale, and reports concurrent validity evidence for the revised measure. Study 2 demonstrates that although loneliness is correlated with measures of negative affect, social risk taking, and affiliative tendencies, it is nonetheless a distinct psychological experience.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Russell, D., Peplau, L. A., & Cutrona, C. E.
- ORCID
- Cutrona, Carolyn E.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1980-09
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 472-480
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W4243663932
- Cited by
- 5,173
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- FWCI
- 17.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- UCLA Loneliness Scale, loneliness, psychometric validation, concurrent validity, discriminant validity, scale revision
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Loneliness, Male, Psychological Tests, Social Isolation
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