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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2000, 11th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 15th, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMSocial and Emotional Life of StudentsKelly E. EllisIllinois Wesleyan UniversityJohn M. Ernst, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Kelly E. Ellis and John M. Ernst, Faculty Advisor, "Social and Emotional Life of Students" (April 15, 2000). John WesleyPowell Student Research Conference. Paper 24.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2000/posters2/24THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE • APRIL 2000 Poster Presentation 12 SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LIFE OF STUDENTS Kelly E. Ellis and John M. Ernst* Department of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University In an extension of previous research by Hawkley, et al. (1999), development of a new measure of loneliness designed to assess multiple types of loneliness was examined. Hawkley, et al. (1999) examined the fador structure of the UCLA-R Loneliness Scale (1980) and found evidence suggesting three types of loneliness: isolation (feeling separate from others), connectedness (feeling in tune with others), and belongingness (feeling a part of a group). A series of items designed to compliment the UCLA-R Loneliness Scale and believed to tap the three different dimensions of loneliness was developed. These items were incorporated into a new 45-item scale called the Loneliness Dimension Scale. This scale was given to 396 male and female undergraduates in the general psychology research pools at Illinois Wesleyan University and Ohio State University. Initial factor analyses of the Loneliness Dimension Scale show that the items tap three dimensions of loneliness, which we have labeled similarity/separation, social support/companionship, and group activities. 

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