Development of the Japanese version of the three-item loneliness scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Loneliness is a major risk factor for mental and physical health worldwide. The Three-Item Loneliness Scale (TIL Scale; Hughes et al., 2004) has been widely applied to measure loneliness in a simplified format, but no validated Japanese version has been developed. This study adapted the TIL Scale into Japanese and tested its reliability and validity.

Methods

The original English version of the TIL Scale was translated into Japanese, and the expressions of the Japanese version were confirmed by a back translation procedure. The translated scale was then administered to Japanese respondents recruited from an online research panel (N = 1020) and an online crowdsourcing service (N = 500). To analyze the data containing polytomous responses to the items in the scale, t

SUBMITTER: Igarashi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6449911 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature