Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of a Multidimensional Loneliness Scale: Comparisons Across Gender and Age.
This study focuses on the factor structure of a multidimensional loneliness measure, that is, the Loneliness and Aloneness Scale for Children and Adolescents (LACA). Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on a large sample of children and adolescents ( N = 9,676) in Belgium. Results indicated t...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 1829 - 1838 |
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