Process / pipelineSelf-report questionnaire

UCLA Loneliness Scale

The UCLA Loneliness Scale is a widely used instrument for measuring subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation. Developed by Daniel Russell in the late 1970s, the scale measures the discrepancy between desired and actual social relationships. The UCLA LS has become the gold standard in loneliness research and is used across clinical, epidemiological, and social psychology studies worldwide.

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Sources

  1. Russell, D. W. (1996). UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3): Reliability, validity, and factor structure. Journal of Personality Assessment, 66(1), 20–40. DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6601_2
  2. Russell, D., Peplau, L. A., & Ferguson, M. L. (1978). Developing a measure of loneliness. Journal of Personality Assessment, 42(3), 290–294. DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4203_11
  3. Hughes, M. E., Waite, L. J., Hawkley, L. C., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2004). A short scale for measuring loneliness in large surveys. Research on Aging, 26(6), 655–672. DOI: 10.1177/0164027504268574

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ScholarGateUCLA Loneliness Scale (University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA LS)). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/social-psychology/ucla-loneliness-scale