Interdisciplinary Social Science: Youth Studies, Utrecht University, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Manchester Institute of Education, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 30;19(17):10816. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710816.
Loneliness affects well-being and has long-term negative impacts on physical and mental health, educational outcomes, and employability. Because of those current and long-term impacts, loneliness is a significant issue for which we need reliable and appropriate measurement scales. In the current paper, psychometric properties of the eight most commonly used loneliness scales are reviewed both descriptively and meta-analytically. Results suggest that for many of the scales, the psychometric properties are promising. However, for some psychometric features, especially test-retest reliability and measurement invariance, evidence is rather scarce. Most striking, however, is the fact that all of the scales included items that do not measure loneliness. Surprisingly, for many (sub)scales, this was even the case for about half of the items. Because our measures are the foundation of our research work, it is crucial to improve the way loneliness is being measured.
孤独感会影响幸福感，并对身心健康、教育成果和就业能力产生长期的负面影响。由于这些当前和长期的影响，孤独感是一个我们需要可靠和适当的测量尺度来解决的重要问题。在当前的论文中，我们从描述性和元分析两个方面来回顾八种最常用的孤独感量表的心理测量特性。结果表明，对于许多量表来说，其心理测量特性是有希望的。然而，对于一些心理测量特征，特别是重测信度和测量不变性，证据相当匮乏。最引人注目的是，所有这些量表都包含了一些不能测量孤独感的项目。令人惊讶的是，对于许多（子）量表来说，这种情况甚至发生在大约一半的项目中。因为我们的测量方法是我们研究工作的基础，所以改进测量孤独感的方法至关重要。
