Measuring loneliness: a head-to-head psychometric comparison of the 3- and 20-item UCLA Loneliness Scales
Overall, we showed that the UCLA-LS-3 provided an adequate dimensional measure of loneliness that is very similar to the UCLA-LS-20. On the other hand, we were able to highlight more marked differences between the scales when their scores were dichotomized, which has important consequences for studies estimating, for example, the prevalence of loneliness.
Authors
- Romain Colle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-4495)
- Fabrice Jollant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-4503)
- Ariel Frajerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4441-3873)
- Corentin J. Gosling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-9344)
- Ariane Cartigny
- Emmanuelle Corruble
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Université Paris Nanterre (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (FR)
- Hôpital Robert-Debré (FR)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé (FR)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychological Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291724002083
- Citations
- 22
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.62