TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Reliability and validity of a brief measure of loneliness with Anglo-American and Mexican American adolescents
JO  - Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences
A1  - Higbee, Katherine R.
A1  - Roberts, Robert E.
SP  - 459
EP  - 474
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0739-9863
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07399863940164005
ID  - ref1
ER  -