@article{ref1,
title="Reliability and validity of a brief measure of loneliness with Anglo-American and Mexican American adolescents",
journal="Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences",
year="1994",
author="Higbee, Katherine R. and Roberts, Robert E.",
volume="16",
number="4",
pages="459-474",
abstract="This article focuses on the operating characteristics of an eight-item loneliness scale developed by the second author. Data from a sample of 2,600 Mexican American and Anglo-American middle school students indicate the scale, the RULS-8, has good reliability and validity. Cronbach's alpha was.87 for Mexican American and.90 for Anglo-American students. Principal components factor analysis yielded one factor accounting for 55.5% of the variance, with little variation across groups. Correlations with measures of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, self-esteem, social skills, and other measures were in the direction and on the order of magnitude predictedfrom other studies of loneliness, providing evidence for construct validity. Overall, the RULS-8 appears to provide an acceptable and parsimonious measure of adolescent loneliness suitable for use in mental health surveys.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0739-9863",
doi="10.1177/07399863940164005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07399863940164005"
}