Elbi Hüseyin, Çetinkaya Aynur, Cambaz Ulaş Seval, Atay Ekin, Aydemir Ömer
Turk Psikiyatri Derg. 2024 Sep 19;36:8-16. doi: 10.5080/u27219.
The short-form 6-item UCLA Loneliness Scale is a brief assessment scale developed to determine the level of loneliness from a onedimensional perspective while preserving psychometric properties equivalent to the original 20-item version. This study aimed to adapt the shortform 6-item UCLA Loneliness Scale into Turkish and to analyze its validity and reliability.
The convenience sampling method was preferred for this methodological study, in which 411 clinical and non-clinical individuals were included. The clinical group included 41 patients with major depressive disorders attending the psychiatric outpatient ward. The study's data were collected with the Descriptive Information Form, short-form 6-item UCLA Loneliness Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Beck Depression Inventory, and Trait Anxiety (A-Trait) Scale.
The Cronbach's alpha value of the UCLA Loneliness Scale-6 Item Short Form was calculated as 0.884, and the scale's internal consistency level was quite high. For the UCLA Loneliness Scale-6 Item Short Form, the variability level of the items constituting the one-dimensional structure produced from the explanatory factor analysis was 63.411%, and it could distinguish patients with descriptive features and clinical diagnosis (p<0.05). The scores of the UCLA Loneliness Scale-6 Item Short Form and other scales assessing loneliness showed a significant correlation (r=-0.476 - 0.618).
The short-form 6-item UCLA Loneliness Scale is a simple, easy-to-apply, reliable, and valid scale that can be used in studies assessing loneliness.
UCLA孤独量表简版6项量表是一种简短的评估量表,旨在从一维角度确定孤独程度,同时保持与原始20项版本相当的心理测量特性。本研究旨在将UCLA孤独量表简版6项量表改编为土耳其语,并分析其有效性和可靠性。
本方法学研究采用便利抽样法,纳入411名临床和非临床个体。临床组包括41名在精神科门诊就诊的重度抑郁症患者。研究数据通过描述性信息表、UCLA孤独量表简版6项量表、多维感知社会支持量表、贝克抑郁量表和特质焦虑(A-Trait)量表收集。
UCLA孤独量表简版6项量表的克朗巴哈α值计算为0.884,量表的内部一致性水平相当高。对于UCLA孤独量表简版6项量表,解释性因素分析产生的构成一维结构的项目变异水平为63.411%,它可以区分具有描述性特征和临床诊断的患者(p<0.05)。UCLA孤独量表简版6项量表的得分与其他评估孤独感的量表得分显示出显著相关性(r=-0.476 - 0.618)。
UCLA孤独量表简版6项量表是一种简单、易于应用、可靠且有效的量表,可用于评估孤独感的研究。