A short scale for measuring loneliness in large surveys - Results from two population-based studies
A short scale for measuring loneliness in large surveys - Results from two population-based studies
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DOI：
10.1177/0164027504268574
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发表时间：
2004-11-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Cacioppo, JT
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作者：
Hughes, ME;Waite, LJ;Cacioppo, JT
大多数关于晚年社会关系的研究都集中在社会接触的数量上，而不是个人对社会孤立的看法。然而，孤独可能是衰老的一个重要方面。研究孤独感的一个主要限制因素是缺乏适合大规模社会调查的衡量标准。本文介绍了一个简短的孤独量表，专门用于电话调查。该量表有三个项目和一组简化的反应类别，但似乎可以很好地测量整体孤独感。作者还记录了孤独感与几种常用的客观社会孤立指标之间的关系。正如预期的那样，他们发现客观和主观的孤立是相关的。然而，这种关系相对温和，表明社会关系的数量和质量方面是不同的。这一结果表明了研究老龄化过程中社会关系两个维度的重要性。
Most studies of social relationships in later life focus on the amount of social contact, not on individuals' perceptions of social isolation. However, loneliness is likely to be an important aspect of aging. A major limiting factor in studying loneliness has been the lack of a measure suitable for large-scale social surveys. This article describes a short loneliness scale developed specifically for use on a telephone survey. The scale has three items and a simplified set of response categories but appears to measure overall loneliness quite well. The authors also document the relationship between loneliness and several commonly used measures of objective social isolation. As expected, they find that objective and subjective isolation are related. However, the relationship is relatively modest, indicating that the quantitative and qualitative aspects of social relationships are distinct. This result suggests the importance of studying both dimensions of social relationships in the aging process.