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Loneliness in adolescence: Confirmatory factor analysis of the relational provisions loneliness questionnaire (RPLQ) in a Portuguese sample
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The present study assesses the factor structure, psychometric adequacy, and invariance across sex and age of the Relational Provisions
Loneliness Questionnaire (RPLQ). Discriminant validity with an external criterion was also tested. In a sample of Portuguese adolescents,
from 7th to 9th grade (N ¼ 817), Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) were conducted to test a four-factor model of loneliness (lack of
integration and/or intimacy in peer group and/or family). Results evidenced empirical support for the structure of the RPLQ loneliness
scale, which fitted very well the proposed model, and provided adequate fit to the Portuguese data. There was substantial support for the
construct validity (factorial, convergent, and discriminant) and reliability of the RPLQ. Measurement invariance (configural, metric, and
scalar) was established across sex and age. Finally, it was assured discriminant validity, provided by the contrast with the social functioning
dimensions in peer group. Overall, our findings support the conceptualization of loneliness in adolescence by peer- and family-related
loneliness through lack of integration and intimacy. In a single instrument, the RPLQ loneliness scale combines measures of four important
aspects of adolescents’ social life. This seems to be an adequate instrument to be used in the study of adolescents’ loneliness, in its different
forms and across relational contexts
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Loneliness Adolescence Factorial validity Measurement invariance Discriminant validity Item parceling
Contexto Educativo
Citação
International Journal of Behavioral Development Doi: 10.1177/0165025419850893
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SAGE Publications