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A Short-Form Measure of Loneliness to Predict Depression Symptoms Among Adolescents.


ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to produce a short-form measure of loneliness and assesses its prediction of depressive symptoms relative to a comprehensive measure. Western Australian adolescents completed the Friendship Related Loneliness and Isolation subscales of the Perth Aloneness Scale (PALs) three times over 18 months (T 1 n = 1538; T 2, n = 1683; T 3, n = 1406). Items were reduced while preserving predictability. Follow-up confirmatory factor analyses and predictive models with the reduced and full PALs were then tested. A reduced six-item scale (PALs-6) preserved the two-factor structure of the PALs and showed strong prediction of very elevated depressive symptoms (Sensitivity = 0.70, Specificity = 0.78, AUC = 0.81); it was less successful in predicting future symptoms (Sensitivity = 0.67, Specificity = 0.64, AUC = 0.74). The PALs-6 provides a brief measure of adolescent loneliness for clinicians and researchers that also predicts very elevated levels of depression.

SUBMITTER: Kyron MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10581951 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Short-Form Measure of Loneliness to Predict Depression Symptoms Among Adolescents.

Kyron Michael J MJ   Houghton Stephen S   Lawrence David D   Page Andrew C AC   Hunter Simon C SC   Gunasekera Sashya S  

Child psychiatry and human development 20220527 6


The purpose of this study was to produce a short-form measure of loneliness and assesses its prediction of depressive symptoms relative to a comprehensive measure. Western Australian adolescents completed the Friendship Related Loneliness and Isolation subscales of the Perth Aloneness Scale (PALs) three times over 18 months (T 1 n = 1538; T 2, n = 1683; T 3, n = 1406). Items were reduced while preserving predictability. Follow-up confirmatory factor analyses and predictive models with the reduce  ...[more]

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