Measures of social connectedness in adult populations: a systematic review
Ruth Plackett, Joe Hulin, Clara Mukuria, Mark Clowes, Sheena E Ramsay, Liam Spencer, Emma A Adams, Jennifer Dykxhoorn, Kate Walters, David P J Osborn, Victoria Zamperoni, Oliver Jones, Scott Weich · 2024
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Ruth Plackett and co-authors review measures of social connectedness for adults in a 2024 systematic review. Feeling connected protects mental health, but studies measure it in wildly different ways. The team hunted a standard tool fit for United Kingdom general populations.
Searches found twenty-four candidate measures, then gathered testing evidence for each. Ten had psychometric studies behind them, mostly splitting into loneliness scales and social support scales. Reliability was strong across nearly all, while proof that questions match the concept was thin. Five measures stood out as best supported: one short loneliness scale and four support scales. The authors call for sharper definitions and more validity testing.
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| CREATOR | Ruth Plackett, Joe Hulin, Clara Mukuria, Mark Clowes, Sheena E Ramsay, Liam Spencer, Emma A Adams, Jennifer Dykxhoorn, Kate Walters, David P J Osborn, Victoria Zamperoni, Oliver Jones, Scott Weich |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |