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Table 4 The indices of the convergent, discriminant validity, and internal consistency of Loneliness Scale (n = 400)

From: Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population

 

CR

AVE

MSV

Alpha [CI95%]

Omega

AIC

Social loneliness

0.851

0.493

−0.17

.822(.79 to .84)

.828

.484

Emotional loneliness

0.763

0.464

−0.17

.711(.65 to .75)

.719

.454

  1. DF: CR composite reliability, AVE Average Variance Extracted, MSV Maximum Shared Squared Variance, AIC Average inter-item Correlation