scholarly journals Adaptation of the Bulgarian Version of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale (Short Form) for Adults and Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-97
Author(s):  
O.Y. Strizhitskaya ◽  
M.D. Petrash ◽  
I.R. Murtazina ◽  
G.A. Vartanyan ◽  
F.S. Manevsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Factors

This study aims to adapt and validate the Bulgarian version of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale on adults and older adults. We present the results of the psychometric assessment of the questionnaire on a sample of adults aged 35—75 (N=332; Mage=49.45; SD=11.17). Exploratory factor analysis revealed four factors: two factors were identical to the first two sub-scales, the third sub-scale split into two separate factors. Reliability of the new sub-scales was assessed with Cronbach’s α coefficient that showed high levels of reliability for the general scale (α=0.875) and for all four sub-scales (α ranged from 0.843 to 0.873). Confirmatory factor analysis proved the four-factor structure of the adapted scale. The convergent validity of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale was proved by correlation analysis with the Differential Questionnaire of Loneliness Experience. Our study yielded the adequate psychometric characteristics of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for adults and older adults in Russia. In future research, we plan to increase the sample to standardize the scores for the scales.

L'ÉCHELLE DE SOLITUDE SOCIALE ET ÉMOTIONNELLE (ÉSSÉ): A FRENCH-CANADIAN ADAPTATION OF THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LONELINESS SCALE FOR ADULTS

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico DiTommaso ◽  
Joanne Turbide ◽  
Carmen Poulin ◽  
Bryn Robinson
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Psychological Measures ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Validity Assessment ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
The Social ◽  
French Speaking

Although there exist many psychological measures in the English language, few of these clinical and research instruments have been translated into French and subsequently validated. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate L'Échelle de Solitude Sociale et Émotionnelle (l'ÉSSÉ). L'ÉSSÉ is a French translation of the short form of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S; DiTommaso, Brannen, & Best, 2004; DiTommaso & Spinner, 1993). The SELSA is a multidimensional scale which measures the social and emotional components derived from Weiss' (1973) typology of loneliness. A total of 252 French-speaking individuals, aged between 17 and 79 years, completed the new measure. Reliability and validity assessment indicated that l'ÉSSÉ displays excellent psychometric properties.

scholarly journals PSYCHOMETRIC INDICATORS OF THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LONELINESS SCALE FOR ADULTS - SHORT VERSION (SELSA-S) IN BULGARIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Nataliya Alexandrova ◽  
Liliya Babakova
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Older People ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
The Social

This article examines the psychometric indicators of  Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults, the short version (SELSA-S; DiTommaso, Brannen, & Best, 2004). The scale contains 15 items, divided into three scales: social loneliness, emotional loneliness, and romantic loneliness. The survey was attended by 1713 persons over 60 years of which were 1042 women and 671 men; and 383 of whom were in early-to-middle adulthood (20-55 years). The results showed high-reliability ratios for both the full scale (α = 0.825) and the three subscales (α = 0.727-0.845) versions. The factor analysis showed a four-factor structure of the scale. There were also statistically significant correlations between the three subscales. It was found that social and emotional loneliness had the strongest influence among older people. Therefore, it was necessary to create more opportunities for satisfactory communication, forms, and functioning of social contacts. It was found that the romantic loneliness had the strongest influence on younger people, i.e., they experienced significantly the lack of a partner by them or dissatisfaction with him.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Psychometric Network Analysis of Loneliness Scales in a Sample of Older Adults.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Thompson ◽  
Thomas Victor Pollet
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The Other ◽  
Direct Measure ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Clique Percolation

Objectives: To examine the relationships within and between commonly used measures ofloneliness to determine the suitability of the measures in older adults. Further, todetermine items of key importance to the measurement of loneliness. Methods: Data wereobtained from 350 older adults via completion of an online survey. Four measures ofloneliness were completed. These were the UCLA Loneliness scale (Version 3), the de JongGierveld Loneliness Scale, the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (ShortVersion) and a direct measure of loneliness. Results: Analysis via a regularized partialcorrelation network and via clique percolation revealed that only the SELSA-Sencompassed loneliness relating to deficits in social, family and romantic relationships. Theremaining measures tapped mostly into social loneliness alone. The direct measure ofloneliness had the strongest connection to the UCLA item-4 and the de Jong Giervelditem-1 exhibited the strongest bridge centrality, being a member of the most clusters.Discussion: The results indicate that should researchers be interested in assessingloneliness resulting from specific relationships, then the SELSA-S would be the mostsuitable measure. Whereas the other measures are suitable for assessing loneliness moregenerally. The results further suggest that the de Jong Gierveld item-1 may be a moresuitable direct measure of loneliness than that currently employed as it taps into a greaternumber of relationships.

Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the 11-Item de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale in Iranian Older Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 016327872110157
Author(s):  
Reza Hosseinabadi ◽  
Mahshid Foroughan ◽  
Gholamreza Ghaedamini Harouni ◽  
Mohammad-Sajjad Lotfi ◽  
Yadollah Pournia
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
The Face

Loneliness is usually a chronic condition which may lead to physical and psychological undesirable consequences, and requires measurement and intervention. This study was conducted with the aim of preparing a Persian version of the 11-item de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale and evaluating its psychometric properties among the Iranian older adults. After applying the translation-back translation method, the prepared script was subjected to the face and content validity evaluations and a Persian version of the scale was prepared. Factor analysis, concurrent validity, internal consistency, and test-retest methods were used to validate the scale. The Persian version of the 11-item de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale showed acceptable content validity. The negative and significant correlations between the loneliness scores and the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale indicated that the questionnaire had acceptable concurrent validity. The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed two factors for the scale. Also, the results of the intra-class correlation coefficient and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient demonstrated that the scale had acceptable reliability. The Persian version of the 11-item de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale is an appropriate tool for measuring loneliness in the Iranian older adults.

Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults--Short Form; Danish Version

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathis Lasgaard ◽  
Cherie Armour ◽  
Rikke Holm Bramsen ◽  
Luc Goossens
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
Danish Version

scholarly journals Validity evidence of the Social and Emotional Nationwide Assessment (SENNA 1.0) Inventory

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (68) ◽  
pp. 339-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Pancorbo ◽  
Jacob Arie Laros
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Modeling Analysis ◽  
The Social

Abstract: Given the necessity of adequate instruments to measure socio-emotional skills, this study aimed to obtain validity evidence of the Social and Emotional Nationwide Assessment inventory (SENNA 1.0). The instrument was administered to a sample of 634 students (59% females) with a mean age of 16.3 years (SD = 1.21), from eight secondary schools of the Federal District ] of Brazil. Exploratory factor analysis indicated a six factor structure that explained 42.7% of the common variance, while confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equational modeling analysis showed a moderate fit to the data. Reliability coefficients of the factor scores varied between .66 and .89. The coefficients of the convergent validity with the Reduced Scale of the Big Five Personality Factors (ER5FP) had a mean value of .59. In conclusion, the results indicate satisfactory evidence for the score validity of the SENNA 1.0 inventory.

Comparison of Unitary and Multidimensional Models of the Whiteley Index in a Nonclinical Sample: Implications for Understanding and Assessing Health Anxiety

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon J. R. Asmundson ◽  
Nicholas R. Carleton ◽  
Candice V. Bovell ◽  
Steven Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Item Content ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Health anxiety is an important but poorly assessed phenomenon. Manifesting along a continuum, health anxiety is the result of a catastrophic appraisal of somatic sensations and changes as indicative of disease. The Whiteley Index (WI) is one of the most widely used self-report measures for assessing health anxiety both for research and for clinical practice. It generally exhibits excellent and robust psychometric properties for internal consistency, test–retest reliability, convergent validity, and concurrent validity; however, both its item content and its factor structure are matters of debate. Moreover, the measure has rarely been assessed in nonclinical samples. For the present study, a sample of 300 participants from the University of Regina completed the WI. If the latent dimensions identified in factor analysis represent etiologic mechanisms, then the elucidation of the WI’s factor structure may enhance our understanding of health anxiety. Exploratory factor analysis was used to determine a robust and reliable item content and factor structure, resulting in a six-item two-factor structure that was invariant across gender. The two factors were denoted Somatic Symptoms/Bodily Preoccupation and Disease Worry/Phobia. Previous factor structure solutions were compared to the factor structure derived from this study by means of confirmatory factor analysis. The newly established item content and factor structure resulted in acceptable fit indices that were statistically superior to those found using the previous factor structure solutions. Implications and directions for assessment of health anxiety and future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Measurement equivalence between men and women in the abbreviated Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA).

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas V. Pollet ◽  
Tamsin K. Saxton ◽  
Melanie Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Exact Matching ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Invariance Testing ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
The Social

Health practitioners, policy-makers, and psychologists point to legitimate concerns about the negative impact of loneliness. To help resolve such negative impact, we need to better understand the psychometric structure of loneliness. Men’s and women’s differing social roles may mean that they experience different sources of loneliness. After matching via exact matching, we compared men and women’s scores (N = 273) on the abbreviated form of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA) using confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance testing. We replicated the three-factor structure of the SELSA, thereby providing further evidence for differing etiologies of family, romantic, and social loneliness. We found no good evidence for gender differences in the structure of the questionnaire answers, indicating that the SELSA can be used to further illuminate the implications of loneliness for men and women.

scholarly journals Investigando a incidência de solidão em um grupo de idosos portugueses

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maycon Lopes ◽  
Alice Delerue Matos
Keyword(s):  
Short Version ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
The Social

Na esteira da alteração dos padrões demográficos, a velhice marca de modo sem precedentes a sociedade contemporânea. Ser idoso tem sido largamente descrito na literatura como uma experiência de solidão, sentimento de caráter multifacetado que se origina na insatisfação com as relações interpessoais. Este trabalho foca a associação entre tal estado psíquico e o envelhecimento, e mensura a incidência deste sentimento em uma amostra composta por 64 idosos que participaram do projeto Bem Envelhecer, da Rede Europeia Anti-Pobreza (EAPN/Portugal). Privilegia-se neste estudo a relação entre as variadas dimensões da solidão e o cruzamento da mesma com diversas variáveis. Para tanto, fora aplicado um inquérito com questões sociodemográficas e a escala SELSA-S (Short Version of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults). Os resultados apontam para a preponderância entre os participantes da pesquisa dos vínculos familiares, em detrimento dos sociais e românticos, e o período etário de 60 a 70 anos como particularmente vulnerável à emergência da solidão.

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