Department of Psychology, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, China.
School of Education, Jilin International Studies University, Changchun, 130117, China.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Jan 20;24(1):238. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-17738-0.
The stigma of loneliness exacerbates the negative effect of loneliness, reduces the willingness to seek help, damages interpersonal relationships, and threatens health status. However, there is currently no valid scale for measuring the stigma of loneliness in China. The study aims to translate the Stigma of Loneliness Scale (SLS) and evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version.
The investigation was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, the SLS was used to conduct a questionnaire survey on 657 college students aged 17 to 24; in the second phase, the SLS, the UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8), the Distress Disclosure Index (DDI), the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale (RCBS), the Self-Concealment Scale (SCS), the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS), the Social Phobia Scale (SPS), the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) were used to conduct the questionnaire survey on 801 college and graduates students aged 18 to 39.
Two dimensions of Self-stigma of Loneliness and Public Stigma of Loneliness were extracted with a cumulative factor interpretation rate of 74.60% when conducting exploratory factor analysis on the first-stage data. The factor loading of each item ranged from 0.585 to 0.890, and the commonality ranged from 0.609 to 0.735. The confirmatory factor analysis and reliability and validity test were carried out on the data gathered in the second phase, indicating that the two-factor model fits well. In addition, the scores of SLS and all dimensions were significantly positively correlated with the total scores of ULS-8, RCBS, SCS, SIAS, SPS, and K10, and negatively correlated with those of DDI and RSES. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for SLS and SSL and PSL dimensions were 0.957, 0.941, and 0.955. The cross-group invariance test found that the SLS was equivalent for males and females. Meanwhile, males scored significantly higher than females on both the total scores of SLS score and each dimension.
The Chinese version of SLS displayed satisfactory psychometric properties and can be a valid tool to assess the stigma of loneliness among Chinese young people.
孤独感的污名会加剧孤独感的负面影响,降低寻求帮助的意愿,损害人际关系,并威胁健康状况。然而,目前中国还没有有效的孤独感污名量表。本研究旨在翻译孤独感污名量表(SLS),并评估其中文版的信度和效度。
研究分两个阶段进行。第一阶段,使用 SLS 对 657 名 17 至 24 岁的大学生进行问卷调查;第二阶段,使用 SLS、UCLA 孤独感量表(ULS-8)、痛苦倾诉指数(DDI)、修订的 Cheek 和 Buss 害羞量表(RCBS)、自我隐瞒量表(SCS)、社交互动焦虑量表(SIAS)、社交恐惧症量表(SPS)、凯斯勒心理困扰量表(K10)和罗森伯格自尊量表(RSES)对 801 名 18 至 39 岁的大学生和毕业生进行问卷调查。
对第一阶段数据进行探索性因素分析,提取出自我孤独感污名和公众孤独感污名两个维度,累计因子解释率为 74.60%。各项目因子负荷值为 0.585 至 0.890,共性值为 0.609 至 0.735。对第二阶段收集的数据进行验证性因素分析和信度、效度检验,结果表明两因素模型拟合良好。此外,SLS 及其各维度得分与 ULS-8、RCBS、SCS、SIAS、SPS 和 K10 的总分呈显著正相关,与 DDI 和 RSES 的总分呈显著负相关。SLS 及其 SSL 和 PSL 维度的克朗巴赫α系数分别为 0.957、0.941 和 0.955。跨组不变性检验发现,SLS 对男性和女性都是等效的。同时,男性在 SLS 总分和各维度得分上均显著高于女性。
中文版 SLS 具有良好的心理测量学特性,可作为评估中国年轻人孤独感污名的有效工具。