摘要：The current study examines the psychometric properties of the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (R-UCLA): structural validity,reliability and external validity.We conducted a study on a sample of 247 high school students,all aged 16.In order to verify the hypotheses,scales measuring feelings of loneliness,shyness and self-esteem were administered.As a result of confirmatory factor analyses,it was demon_strated that the structure of the R-UCLA is three-factorial,the factors being as follows: (1) intimate others,referring to the feeling of exclusion;(2) social others,referring to the lack of closeness and support in relationships;and (3) be?longing and affiliation,referring to the lack of community bonds – all of which are reliable in their measurement,as is the total score of the R-UCLA.Moreover,we demonstrated that the feeling of loneliness is positively related to shyness and negatively related to self-esteem.The obtained results support using the R-UCLA among Polish adolescents.
