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Psicothema, 2008. Vol. Vol. 20 (nº 4). 924-927




Validación cruzada de la factorización del Test UCLA de Soledad

África Borges, Pedro Prieto, Giacinto Ricchetti, Carmen Hernández-Jorge y Elena Rodríguez-Naveiras

Universidad de La Laguna

La soledad es una experiencia desagradable que se produce cuando la red social de una persona es deficiente de forma significativa en calidad o cantidad, y ello es asociado con sentimientos negativos. La soledad es un constructo fundamental para conocer determinados procesos psicológicos, especialmente en el ámbito clínico. Para medirlo se han desarrollado diversos instrumentos, uno de los más populares y de más amplia aplicación es la escala de Soledad de UCLA, que ha sido utilizado en diversas poblaciones. La estructura factorial de este instrumento es un aspecto controvertido, pues mientras en su origen y en diversos estudios se la ha obtenido unifactorial, en otros estudios la estructura resultante es multifactorial. En el trabajo que aquí presentamos se aplicó la escala a estudiantes de primer curso de universidad de titulaciones en las distintas divisiones de conocimiento, tanto en la Universidad de La Laguna como en la de Bari (Italia). Los resultados muestran una estructura multifactorial en ambas poblaciones. Se presenta, tras los estudios pertinentes, una solución bifactorial, coherente tanto a nivel teórico como analítico.

Cross validity of the UCLA Loneliness Scale factorization. Loneliness is an unpleasant experience that takes place when a person’s network of social relationships is significantly deficient in quality and quantity, and it is associated with negative feelings. Loneliness is a fundamental construct that provides information about several psychological processes, especially in the clinical setting. It is well known that this construct is related to isolation and emotional loneliness. One of the most well-known psychometric instruments to measure loneliness is the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale. which has been factorized in several populations. A controversial issue related to the UCLA Loneliness Scale is its factor structure, because the test was first created based on a unidimensional structure; however, subsequent research has proved that its structure may be bipolar or even multidimensional. In the present work, the UCLA Loneliness Scale was completed by two populations: Spanish and Italian undergraduate university students. Results show a multifactorial structure in both samples. This research presents a theoretically and analytically coherent bifactorial structure.

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