Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties and Cross-cultural Adaptation of The University of California and Los Angeles Loneliness Scale in Adults

Overview

Journal Curr Psychol

Publisher Springer

Specialty Psychology

Date 2021 Nov 17

PMID 34785877

Citations 14

Authors

Sanaa A Alsubheen

Ana Oliveira

Razanne Habash

Roger Goldstein

Dina Brooks

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-021-02494-w.

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