Development and validation of a 6-item Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (RULS-6) using Rasch analysis.

CONCLUSION: Using Rasch analysis, the proposed RULS-6 constituted a 70% reduction of the number of original items, yet preserved the psychometric properties in independent samples of students and psychiatric outpatients. PMID: 31999891 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: British Journal of Health Psychology - January 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wongpakaran N, Wongpakaran T, Pinyopornpanish M, Simcharoen S, Suradom C, Varnado P, Kuntawong P Tags: Br J Health Psychol Source Type: research