Multidimensional Loneliness Measure: The Loneliness Rating Scale (LRS)

Scalise, Joseph J.; Ginter, Earl J.; Gerstein, Lawrence H.

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“…Other less widely used scales include the Loneliness Rating Scale (LRS; Scalise, Ginter, & Gerstein, 1984), the Differential Loneliness Scale (DLS; Schmidt & Sermant, 1983), the Loneliness Deprivation Scale (LDS; de Jong-Gierveld, 1987), Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA; DiTommaso & Spinner, 1992) and the Emotional and Social Loneliness Scale (ESLI; Vincenzi & Grabosky, 1987). To our knowledge, only one other instrument explicitly purports to assess existential loneliness: the Belcher Extended Loneliness Scale (BELS; Belcher, 1973).…”

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“…Its existential loneliness factor comprises eight items. The BELS has been criticized for being lengthy, cumbersome, and conceptually complex (Scalise et al, 1984). In view of the limitations of other available instruments, we wished to develop an instrument that would more accurately capture the deeper emotion of loneliness experienced by individuals faced with death and isolation.…”

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The Existential Loneliness Questionnaire: Background, development, and preliminary findings

2002

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We described the background and the development of a new measure of existential loneliness, the Existential Loneliness Questionnaire (ELQ). Specifically, we analyzed the items of the preliminary version of the ELQ (ELQ-P) using methods based on item response theory (the Rasch model) and examined the convergent and discriminative validity of the ELQ in a sample of 47 HIV-infected women. Item analysis produced an ELQ version consisting of 22 items that were internally consistent and performed well in measuring an underlying construct conceptualized as existential loneliness. In addition, the ELQ discriminated well between symptomatic and asymptomatic HIV-infected women. The ELQ correlated strongly with measures of depression, loneliness not identified as existential and purpose-in-life and moderately strongly with a measure of hopelessness. Holding constant depression scores, the correlation between the ELQ and loneliness not identified as existential was significantly attenuated. Limitations of the study include the small sample size, which precluded an analysis of the dimensional structure of the ELQ.

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The Existential Loneliness Questionnaire: Background, development, and preliminary findings

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“…For the assessment of loneliness, I will look into the Loneliness-Rating Scale [76], the De-Jong-Gierveld-Scalesfor-Emotional-and-Social Loneliness [77], the Differential Loneliness Scale [78], and the UCLA-Emotional-versusSocial Loneliness Scales [79].…”

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From Lonely to Resilient through Humanoid Robots: Building a New Framework of Resilience

Hoorn

2018

Journal of Robotics

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This paper connects different theories and methods from the social sciences and applies them to human-humanoid robot interaction (HHRI) to explain loneliness reduction and the build-up of resilience in older adults through social robots. It allows for userrelated aspects such as age, social connectedness, gender role, personality, and need satisfaction as well as robot-related aspects, particularly coaching behaviors and communication styles. From these scientific considerations, solutions to design challenges are pinpointed, proposing novel interaction schemes that enhance the feeling of support and companionship. This paper also opens the way to conducting empirical research to examine HHRI-related designs, measuring user experience in HHRI, while suggesting applications in HHRI in various settings, such as coaching and eldercare.

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“…As the existing published loneliness measurement scales over the past decades are almost all Western, these scales might reflect the egocentricity typical of Western individualism according to certain researchers (Rokach and Neto 2000;Rothbaum et al 2000). The examples of these scales are R-UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell et al (1980), The NYU Scale (Rubenstein and Shaver 1980), Differential Loneliness Scale (DLS; Schmidt and Sermat 1983), Loneliness Rating Scale (LRS; Scalise et al 1984 DiTommaso et al 2004). Based on the meanings participants conceived for their loneliness and its various manifestations in a research by Tharayil (2005), this study conceptualizes ''loneliness as a holistic distressing experience of the self in which the person perceives oneself worthless, very unhappy and painfully alone by sensing life as Developing the University of the Philippines Loneliness Assessment Scale 309 meaningless due to a perceived deprivation of somebody or something in life in a need to love, to be loved, to cherish and to be satisfied with.''…”

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Developing the University of the Philippines Loneliness Assessment Scale: A Cross-Cultural Measurement

Tharayil¹

2011

Soc Indic Res

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As the existing scales to measure loneliness are almost all Western and there is no single scale developed cross-culturally for this purpose, this study is designed to develop a reliable and valid scale to measure the experience of loneliness of individuals from individualistic or collectivistic cultures. There are three samples for this study with a total of 495 male and female international (n = 202) and local (n = 293) participants (Age range 19-60 years). An initial pool of 70 item scale was administered to a sample of 202 participants (20-60 years old) from 41 countries of the world with collectivistic and individualistic cultures and the data was subjected to factor analysis using principal component extraction. Evidence shows a unidimensional factor loading. The extracted items were subjected to reliability test and 25 items were obtained for the final scale of the UP Loneliness Assessment Scale (UPLAS) with a Cronbach alpha of .93. Further analyses show the following findings: UPLAS has a significant correlation with R-UCLA Loneliness Scale providing evidence for its moderate concurrent validity; there is a significant and inverse relationship between the measures of UPLAS and Subjective Happiness Scale establishing its higher discriminant validity; UPLAS scores are significantly correlated with the measures of negative self-perceptions, depression, and several emotional states associated to loneliness and thus establishing a higher convergent validity. The designing of the UP Loneliness Assessment Scale as a cross-cultural measurement tool may contribute to more research interests in the domain of ''negative perceptions'' as the most contributing factor to loneliness across cultures.

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Multidimensional Loneliness Measure: The Loneliness Rating Scale (LRS)

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The Existential Loneliness Questionnaire: Background, development, and preliminary findings

The Existential Loneliness Questionnaire: Background, development, and preliminary findings

From Lonely to Resilient through Humanoid Robots: Building a New Framework of Resilience

Developing the University of the Philippines Loneliness Assessment Scale: A Cross-Cultural Measurement

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