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 |