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Loneliness and Social Connection Across the Lifespan in the UK: A Rasch Analysis of Age and Gender Differences Among a Sample of 160,000 community dwelling adults

2025-06-29

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold> The Measuring Loneliness in the UK (INTERACT) Study is the largest global study on loneliness. This study aimed to validate the INTERACT scale, a novel 13-item instrument integrating loneliness, social capital, and COVID-19-related isolation measures to enhance the assessment of loneliness and social connection across diverse populations.<bold>Methods</bold> A cr...

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Literature Corpus work: 972cdab8-9908-55f9-8466-6b6c78acfb8a
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6864317/v1

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