Loneliness in adolescence: a Rasch analysis of the Perth A-loneness scale.

Stephen J Houghton Ida Marais Simon C Hunter Annemaree Carroll David M Lawrence Carol Tan

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2020)

The results support the interval scale measurement properties of the PALs and provide clinicians and researchers with a measure to assess adolescent loneliness, a construct strongly associated with a constellation of mental health problems.

Keyphrases

mental health
social support
mental illness
depressive symptoms
palliative care
psychometric properties