Title: Psychometric analysis of the short-form UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8) in Taiwanese undergraduate students
Authors: Wu, Chia-Huei
Yao, Grace
經營管理研究所
Institute of Business and Management
Keywords: loneliness;UCLA loneliness scale;psychometric analysis
Issue Date: 1-Jun-2008
Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to validate the short-form of the UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8; Hays & DiMatteo, 1987) in Taiwanese undergraduate students. A total of 130 undergraduate students participated in this study. Participants completed the ULS-8 in addition to measures of life satisfaction, social support, and adult attachment style. Result of confirmatory factor analysis supported the one-factor model of the ULS-8 with adequate values of various fit indices, revealing that the 8 items of the scale were homogeneous for measuring loneliness. In addition, the ULS-8 had a negative relationship with life satisfaction, and social support; and a positive one with anxiety and avoidant attachment tendency. All the findings showed that the ULS-8 was an adequate short-form measure of loneliness. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.02.003
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/14227
ISSN: 0191-8869
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.02.003
Journal: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Volume: 44
Issue: 8
Begin Page: 1762
End Page: 1771
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