Reliability Data for a Greek Translation of the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: Comparisons with Data from the USA
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- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 71 (2) , 665-666
Abstract
A Greek translation of the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale was internally reliable ( α = .89), after eliminating Item 4, and significantly correlated with the English version ( r = .94) for a sample of bilingual students. Weiss's distinction between social loneliness and emotional loneliness was also reliably identified in the Greek translation. Loneliness scores in Greece were significantly higher than in the USA. The translation seems to be sufficiently reliable to warrant further use with Greek individuals.Keywords
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