Revisiting the factorial validity of the revised ucla loneliness scale: A test of competing models in a sample of teachers

Psychological Reports

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 849-856

  Dussault, Marc ^a   Fernet, Claude ^a   Austin, Stéphanie ^a   Leroux, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449142654     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.105.3.849-856     Document Type: Article

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