About the Measure
Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
Subscales | Parent-related loneliness; Peer-related loneliness; Aversion to being alone; Affinity for being alone |
Description | This instrument assesses children and adolescent's perceived peer and parent relationships, as well as attitude to being alone. |
Example | I retire from others because they disturb me with their noise |
Link | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02138821?LI=true |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 48 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 10-19 |
Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .60-.93 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | 3-4 factor obliq |
CFA | 4-factor model SBS-Chi-square(71)= 396.41 RMSEA= 0.09 CFI= 0.94 SRMR= 0.06 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | In regression, Loneliness and Aloneness Scale for Children and Adolescents (LACA) scores were significantly predicted by: peer relationships, r= [-.38,.24] and personal outlook, r= [.14,.23] |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Goossens, L., Lasgaard, M., Luyckx, K., Vanhalst, J., Mathias, S., & Masy, E. (2009). Loneliness and solitude in adolescence: A confirmatory factor analysis of alternative models. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(8), 890–894. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.011 Maes, M., Van den Noortgate, W., & Goossens, L. (2015). A reliability generalization study for a multidimensional loneliness scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 31(4), 294-301. doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000237 Marcoen, A., Goossens, L., & Caes, P. (1987). Loneliness in pre-through late adolescence: exploring the contributions of a multidimensional approach. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 16(6), 561-577. doi:10.1007/bf02138821 |