Table 19.
The basic descriptive statistics and reliability testing for the Loneliness Scale (SLON-3) across countries with more than 200 participants.
| Country | N Scale | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | 2249 | 1.47 | 1.05 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.867 |
| Japan | 2129 | 1.53 | 1.04 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.934 |
| Finland | 961 | 1.54 | 1.09 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.907 |
| Switzerland | 592 | 1.20 | 0.97 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.877 |
| Spain | 574 | 1.49 | 1.04 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.880 |
| Colombia | 548 | 1.59 | 1.08 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.852 |
| Portugal | 484 | 1.63 | 1.10 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.873 |
| Brazil | 448 | 1.78 | 1.13 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.878 |
| Honduras | 423 | 1.74 | 1.07 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.869 |
| Ireland | 401 | 2.07 | 1.17 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.887 |
| Norway | 376 | 1.79 | 1.18 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.907 |
| Czech Republic | 364 | 1.89 | 1.06 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.863 |
| Slovakia | 312 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.836 |
| Italy | 309 | 1.63 | 1.01 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.861 |
| Bulgaria | 296 | 1.41 | 1.12 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.886 |
| Ecuador | 291 | 1.62 | 1.06 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.871 |
| Uruguay | 288 | 1.42 | 1.08 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.910 |
| Guatemala | 287 | 1.52 | 1.09 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.880 |
| Costa Rica | 269 | 1.68 | 1.06 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.845 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 244 | 1.34 | 0.98 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.850 |
| Ukraine | 252 | 1.91 | 0.07 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.894 |
| Estonia | 245 | 1.39 | 1.07 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.880 |
| Malaysia | 225 | 2.18 | 1.19 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.905 |
| Taiwan | 221 | 1.60 | 0.93 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.856 |
| Turkey | 200 | 2.06 | 1.15 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.863 |
Abbreviations: N Scale = number of participants who completed the scale. Mean = scale mean. SD = scale standard deviation. Min = minimum value of the mean scale score for the sample. Max = maximum value of the average scale score for the sample. Alpha = Cronbach’s alpha.