UCLA Loneliness Scale

The UCLA Loneliness Scale is a 20-item scale designed to measure one’s subjective feelings of loneliness as well as feelings of social isolation.

In NTR, the shortened version (3 items) of the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale was used.

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  • Young Netherlands Twin Register

  • YS_DHBQ14
    •   CC SS
    14.0 years   From 2005-01-01 to 2013-01-01
  • YS_DHBQ16
    •   CC SS
    16.0 years   From 2005-01-01 to 2013-01-01
    Mode of collection SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Analysis unit Individual
    References
    Russell, D., Peplau, L. A., & Ferguson, M. L. (1978). Developing a Measure of Loneliness. Journal of Personality Assessment, 42(3), 290–294. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4203_11
    Russell, D., Peplau, L. A., & Cutrona, C. E. (1980). The revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: Concurrent and discriminant validity evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(3), 472–480. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.39.3.472
    Goossens, L., Klimstra, T., Luyckx, K., Vanhalst, J., & Teppers, E. (2014). Reliability and Validity of the Roberts UCLA Loneliness Scale (RULS-8) With Dutch-Speaking Adolescents in Belgium. Psychologica Belgica, 54(1), 5–18. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.ae
    Hughes, M. E., Waite, L. J., Hawkley, L. C., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2004). A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys. Research on Aging, 26(6), 655–672. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027504268574
    You can also access this dataset using the API (see API Docs).