Validation of the Chinese translation of the 6-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale in elderly Chinese

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1262-1272

  Leung, Grace Tak Yu ^a   De Jong Gierveld, Jenny ^b   Lam, Linda Chiu Wa ^c  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assessment; Correlation; Elders; Emotional; Rating; Reliability; Social; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSLATING;

EID: 54049101502     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610208007552     Document Type: Article

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