UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3): Reliability, validity, and factor structure

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-40

  Russell, Daniel W ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NURSE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030042765     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6601_2     Document Type: Article

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