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.

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 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.

THE TURKISH SHORT VERSION OF THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LONELINESS SCALE FOR ADULTS (SELSA-S): INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 717-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rezan Çeçen
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The initial psychometric evaluation of the Turkish adaptation of the short version of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S; DiTommaso, Brannen, & Best, 2004) is described. The SELSA-S was designed to measure social and emotional (family and romantic) loneliness (DiTommaso, Brannen, & Best, 2004; DiTommaso & Spinner, 1993). After translating the SELSA-S into Turkish both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on samples of graduate (N = 326) and undergraduate students (N = 226). In addition, test-retest reliability was assessed using a sample of undergraduate students (N = 50). Results showed that the factor structure of the Turkish version of the SELSA-S was largely similar to the original one. Finally, each subscale demonstrated high internal consistency, and as predicted was correlated with theoretically related loneliness measures and other relevant constructs, along with displaying temporal stability. Test-retest reliability coefficients for the social, family and romantic subscales were .88, .83 and .91, respectively. Thus, initial results indicate that the scores of the Turkish version of the SELSA-S are reliable and valid for a multidimensional measure of loneliness.

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.

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