Psychometric analysis of the short-form UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8) in Taiwanese undergraduate students

C Wu, G Yao�- Personality and Individual Differences, 2008 - Elsevier
Personality and Individual Differences, 2008Elsevier
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�…
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.
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