Unidimensionality and Cumulativeness of the Loneliness Scale Using Mokken Scale Analysis for Polychotomous Items

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1 December 1993

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports

Vol. 73 (3_suppl) , 1324-1326
DOI:10.2466/pr0.1993.73.3f.1324

Abstract

The unidimensionality and cumulativeness of the Loneliness Scale of De Jong-Gierveld was investigated using the Mokken Scale Analysis for polychotomous items. 10 of the 11 items of the original Loneliness Scale constituted a unidimensional, cumulative scale, with a homogeneity coefficient H of 0.37 and a reliability coefficient rho of 0.88.

Keywords

SCALE ANALYSIS
MOKKEN SCALE
LONELINESS SCALE
POLYCHOTOMOUS ITEMS
SCALE
ANALYSIS
MOKKEN
LONELINESS
CUMULATIVENESS
POLYCHOTOMOUS

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