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. 2022 Jun 21;9:331. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01383-6

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.