Validation and Measurement Invariance across Gender and Age of the Italian Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Loneliness Scale

Senese, Vincenzo Paolo; Nasti, Carla; Mottola, Francesca; Sergi, Ida; Gnisci, Augusto

doi:10.1109/coginfocom50765.2020.9237869

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“…A preliminary version of the manuscript and the relative results was presented at the 11th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom) (Senese et al, 2020b ).…”

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The Relationship Between Loneliness and Psychological Adjustment: Validation of the Italian Version of the Interpersonal Acceptance–Rejection Loneliness Scale

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In recent literature, many researchers have highlighted that the feeling of loneliness can be considered a sign of relevant distress with short- and long-term consequences on the health of people who needs to be appropriately monitored and treated. In this view, the Interpersonal Acceptance–Rejection Loneliness Scale (IPARLS) has been developed to evaluate the subjective feelings and distress related to interpersonal loneliness and to overcome the limits of the previous scales; however, its psychometric characteristics have not yet been fully investigated. Starting from these considerations, two studies have been conducted. The first study, involving 688 adults (19–69 years; 51% females), assessed dimensionality, reliability, and validity of and tested the measurement invariance (MI) of the Italian version of the IPARLS. The second study, involving 205 adults (20–69 years; 51% females), investigated the relationship between loneliness and psychological adjustment. Results confirmed the unidimensionality of the scale and showed that it is reliable, valid, and fully invariant as a function of age and gender. Moreover, data showed a strong association between perceived loneliness and psychological adjustment. The IPARLS is confirmed to be a valid and reliable measure to investigate loneliness in the life cycle from clinical and research perspectives.

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“…However, measurement invariance according to gender was tested for the Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Loneliness Scale and the threeitem loneliness scale. Both studies provided strict invariance (Czerwiński & Atroszko, 2021;Senese et al, 2020). Measurement invariance was examined through four nested models: (i) configural invariance, (ii) metric invariance, (iii) scalar invariance, and (iv) strict invariance.…”

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Factor structure of the de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale: An ESEM approach

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2023

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This research aims to examine the reliability, convergent validity, and measurement invariance of the de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (DJGLS). The study focused especially on the examination of the model-data fit of various competitive factor structures in a young adult sample. The results demonstrate that the bifactor-ESEM model shows a high model-data fit according to CFI and RMSEA. In this case, it has been determined that the cross-loadings defined by the bifactor-ESEM model have an increasing effect on the model-data fit. Also with the bifactor-ESEM model, DJGLS has one highly reliable general factor and two irrelevant subfactors. Metric measurement invariance according to gender was provided. DJGLS scores were correlated moderately and highly, and were statistically significant with external variables. Finally, it can be said that DJGLS is a measurement tool with construct and convergent validity and reliability in the young adult sample. In addition, DJGLS is essentially a uni-dimensional scale and shows the best model-data fit in the bifactor-ESEM model.

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Validation and Measurement Invariance across Gender and Age of the Italian Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Loneliness Scale

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The Relationship Between Loneliness and Psychological Adjustment: Validation of the Italian Version of the Interpersonal Acceptance–Rejection Loneliness Scale

The Relationship Between Loneliness and Psychological Adjustment: Validation of the Italian Version of the Interpersonal Acceptance–Rejection Loneliness Scale

Factor structure of the de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale: An ESEM approach

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