ISSN : 1229-0718
Loneliness is a complex phenomenon, but its definition confined to a loneliness produced in the relationship between parents and their offsprings in this paper. An attitude scale towards lonliness for the Korean elderly was developed, using the Likert scale. The scale consists of 13 items selected on the basis of t-tests and item total correlations. Analysis of the scale indicated a high reliability. The scale was comprised of the three major factors, accounting for 57.7% of the total variance. It is suggested that further research on loneliness measures should be emphasized upon validation by demonstrating relationships with the person's current feelings of loneliness, depression, anxiety and so on.