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Assessment of Social Interaction Behaviors
Published on: February 26, 2011
Assessing peer network and dyadic loneliness
B Hoza1, W M Bukowski, S Beery
1Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. blaze@psych.purdue.edu
Abstract:
Describes the Peer Network and Dyadic Loneliness Scale (PNDLS), a new scale designed to assess simultaneously children's loneliness at multiple levels of peer relationships. Specifically, this scale measures loneliness associated with (a) lack of involvement in a social network and (b) the absence of a close dyadic friendship. Employing a sample of 209 5th-, 6th-, and 7th-grade boys and girls, the psychometric properties, interscale correlations, and preliminary validity data for the new scale are examined. Analyses revealed good internal consistency and a pattern of relationships with other loneliness, friendship quality, mutual best friendship, and sociometric social preference variables supporting the validity of the new scale.
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