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UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3) (UCLA-LS3), ready to run

A 20-item self-report instrument measuring subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation. Version 3 uses simpler wording than earlier versions and balances positively and negatively worded items.

20 items · 4-point frequency scale

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Item wording for the UCLA-LS3 is available inside Folio Surveyor, subject to the instrument's licensing. The structure below (its sections, items and response scale) is what gets built for you.

The instrument

20 items

Reverse-scored: items 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16, 19 and 20. Surveyor scores them for you.

Each item is answered on this scale:

NeverRarelySometimesOften

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