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      How can I connect with thee? Let me count the ways.

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      Psychological science
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          Two studies were conducted to examine mental representations of loneliness and social connectedness. In Study 1, young adults (N = 2,531) completed the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (R-UCLA scale) and demographic questionnaires. An exploratory factor analysis of the R-UCLA scale on half the sample revealed a three-dimensional conceptual structure that generalized across gender. This mental representation consisted of correlated facets labeled Isolation, Relational Connectedness, and Collective Connectedness. A confirmatory factor analysis on the other half of the sample corroborated this three-factor solution. In Study 2, a population-based sample of 197 older males and females (M(age) = 57.5 years) completed the R-UCLA scale and measures of objective social circumstances. The confirmatory factor analysis supported the three-factor structure in this diverse and older adult sample. Each facet was uniquely predicted by theoretically related social circumstances. These findings suggest how humans make meaning of their social relationships in their mental representations of loneliness and connectedness.

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          Journal
          Psychol Sci
          Psychological science
          Wiley
          0956-7976
          0956-7976
          Oct 2005
          : 16
          : 10
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA. hawkley@uchicago.edu
          Article
          PSCI1617
          10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01617.x
          16181443
          315c5426-dc7e-469a-9496-1f8852f175e7
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