A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys

By M. E. Hughes, L. Waite, Louise C. Hawkley, John T. Cacioppo. Research on Aging, 2004

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Subfields: Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality (2015, background): “Although many studies indicate that loneliness differs across marital status (Cacioppo & Patrick, 2008; Hughes et al., 2004; Victor & Bowling, 2012) and that marital status is significantly associated with mortality (Roelfs, Shor, Kalish, & Yogev, 2011), we did not include marital status as an indic”
Information-Seeking Practices during the Sexual Development of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals: The Influence and Effects of Coming Out in a Mediated Environment (2009, methodology): “The mean of responses to the Three-Item Loneliness Scale, a previously validated short version of the R-UCLA Loneliness Scale ( Hughes et al. 2004 ), was used as a score of participant’s self-reported loneliness.”
Loneliness, Health, and Mortality in Old Age: A National Longitudinal Study (2012, positive): “This study used a 3-item composite index of loneliness which has been shown to have good validity and reliability (Hughes et al., 2004).”
Age differences in loneliness from late adolescence to oldest old age. (2016, methodology): “Loneliness was measured with a three-item version of the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, 1996) developed specifically for large surveys (Hughes et al., 2004) and translated to German for T hi s do cu m en t is co py ri gh te d by th e A m er ic an Ps yc ho lo gi ca l A ss oc ia tio n or on e of its…”
Changes in Older Adult Loneliness (2005, background): “Loneliness is more strongly associated with qualitative than with quantitative characteristics of relationships (de Jong Gierveld 1998; Hughes et al. 2004).”
Personification in Advertising (2011, background): “Next was a four-item loneliness measure (Hughes et al. 2004); feelings of social isolation might make a participant more eager to seek a relationship with a personified brand (Epley et al. 2008).”