The Relationship Between Loneliness and Psychological Adjustment: Validation of the Italian Version of the Interpersonal Acceptance–Rejection Loneliness Scale
Autor: | Carla Nasti, Vincenzo Paolo Senese, Rita Massaro, Ida Sergi, Francesca Mottola, Augusto Gnisci |
---|---|
Přispěvatelé: | Senese, V. P., Nasti, C., Mottola, F., Sergi, I., Massaro, R., Gnisci, A. |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
validity
media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Interpersonal communication loneline 050105 experimental psychology Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Loneliness Scale medicine loneliness Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Measurement invariance Association (psychology) General Psychology Reliability (statistics) media_common Original Research psychological adjustment 05 social sciences Loneliness BF1-990 Test (assessment) measurement invariance Feeling Scale (social sciences) medicine.symptom Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021) |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
Popis: | In the recent literature, many researchers have highlighted that the feeling of loneliness can be considered a relevant psychological distress with short- and long-term consequences on people's health, that needs to be appropriately monitored and treated. In this view, the Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Loneliness Scale (IPARLS) has been developed to evaluate the subjective feelings about the psychological distress associated with interpersonal loneliness and to overcome the limits of the previous scales; however, its psychometric characteristics have not yet been fully investigated. Starting from these considerations, two studies have been conducted. A first study, involving 688 adults (19-69 years; 51% females), to assess dimensionality, reliability, validity, and test the measurement invariance of the Italian version of the IPARLS. A second study, involving 205 adults (20-69 years; 51% females), to investigate the relationship between loneliness and psychological adjustment. Results confirmed the unidimensionality of the scale and showed that it is reliable, valid and fully invariant as a function of age and gender. Moreover, data showed a strong association between perceived loneliness and psychological adjustment. The IPARLS scale is confirmed to be a valid tool to investigate loneliness in the life cycle both from a clinical and a research point of view. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Externí odkaz: |
Pro tento záznam nejsou dostupné žádné jednotky.