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Measuring Loneliness in Different Age Groups: The Measurement Invariance of the UCLA Loneliness Scale.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Community and societal influences on loneliness and social isolation among young adults: a systematic review of observational studies.Epidemiologic reviews · 2026Pooled it
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- An Idiographic, Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Adolescent-Dog Relationships in the Context of Social Anxiety.Child & youth care forum · 2026Article
- Evaluating anger in Chinese adolescents: Psychometric validation and clinical sensitivity of the Chinese version of the Children's Inventory of Anger.Pediatric investigation · 2026Article
- Vulnerability and protective factors for PTSD in the academic community during the pandemic.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Article
- Adult attachment, loneliness, and self-reported sleep outcomes: A secondary analysis of the Touch Test Study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Disconnection from social others: a RULS Loneliness Short Scale.Current issues in personality psychology · 2026Article
- Psychometric validation, factor structure, and measurement invariance of the Arabic brief existential loneliness scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Effects of college students' physical activity on loneliness: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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- The relationship between social media use and loneliness across the lifespan in the United States: Population-based study using Health Information National Trends Survey data.Advances in patient-reported outcomes · 2025Article
- Detecting loneliness among late adolescents: Validation and testing of a detection tool based on the UCLA Loneliness Scale.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Modelling nonlinear moderation effects with local structural equation modelling (LSEM): A non-technical introduction.International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 2025Article
- Loneliness among dementia caregivers: evaluation of the psychometric properties and cutoff score of the Three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Psychometric properties of the variants of the Chinese UCLA Loneliness Scales and their associations with mental health in adolescents.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Measuring loneliness: a head-to-head psychometric comparison of the 3- and 20-item UCLA Loneliness Scales.Psychological medicine · 2024Article
- Addressing loneliness and social isolation in 52 countries: a scoping review of National policies.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Influence of Loneliness on Pain Outcomes for Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2024Article
- Health literacy and loneliness among physically inactive Danes aged 18-65: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Age differences in the prevalence of loneliness have been a key focus among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. However, the degree to which those reflect genuine differences in the experience of loneliness or the way individuals understand and respond to loneliness measures is yet to be examined. The current study explored the age measurement invariance of the 20-item Revised University of California Los Angeles, Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LSR) and its shorter forms in a U.K. sample of adults aged 18 to 99 years (
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