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.

Items were assessed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  • Generation R

  • Covid questionnaires
    •   CC
    14.8 - 18.4 years   From 2020-06-01 to 2020-10-31
    Mode of collection SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Loneliness scale
    Measure name Loneliness
    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).