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Yi-Jen Lu; Bei-Lu Tseng; Guo-Ching Huang – Youth & Society, 2024
This study addressed the issue of school alienation (SA) among high school students in Taiwan; SA is believed to contribute to dropout, violence, gangs, and deviant behavior. To measure SA, we propose a four-construct model in this study, comprising powerlessness, normlessness, meaninglessness, and social isolation. Using two studies, an SA scale…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Rating Scales, Alienation
Hays, Ron; DiMatteo, M. Robin – 1985
The reliability, validity, and dimensionality of the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS) were studied with a group of 199 California college students. Other personality tests were administered to measure social anxiety, alienation, health locus of control, drinking-related locus of control, life satisfaction, and personal values. Sociodemographic…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, College Students, Correlation, Factor Structure