Existential Isolation Scale: Russian Adaptation of the EIS
Background. The Existential Isolation Scale (EIS) appears to be the most successful psychometrically valid instrument for the study of existential isolation. Since the scale’s development, the number of existential isolation studies worldwide has increased significantly. Objective. The purpose of t...
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Lomonosov Moscow State University
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Национальный психологический журнал |
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| Online Access: | https://npsyj.ru/en/articles/article/11283/ |
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| Summary: | Background. The Existential Isolation Scale (EIS) appears to be the most successful psychometrically valid instrument for the study of existential isolation. Since the scale’s development, the number of existential isolation studies worldwide has increased significantly.
Objective. The purpose of this study was to adapt the Russian-language version of the EIS.
Study Participants. The number of participants of the study amounted to 300 people aged 18 to 72 years, including 200 women and 100 men.
Methods. The study participants filled out the Russian-language version of the EIS and instruments assessing the expression of different aspects of loneliness, self-esteem, Big Five traits, and life satisfaction.
Results. The reliability of the Russian-language version of the EIS, measured using the Cronbach’s α coefficient, demonstrated a high degree of internal consistency and amounted to 0.816. Factor validity was checked by confirmatory factor analysis. As a result, the one-factor structure of the questionnaire was confirmed to be consistent with the original version.
Convergent validity of the scale was determined using correlation analysis, which demonstrated relationships between existential isolation scores and theoretically similar constructs such as isolation, alienation, and loneliness. At the same time, existential isolation differs from the named constructs in its correlations with phenomena such as dysphoria, dependence on communication, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and extraversion, which allowed us to conclude that the scale has sufficient discriminant validity.
Conclusions. The Russian-language version of the EIS measures the degree of expression of the phenomenon of existential isolation, different from those measured by loneliness questionnaires in Russian. The adapted EIS scale is a reliable and valid instrument that can be recommended for assessing existential isolation among Russian-speaking research participants. |
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| ISSN: | 2079-6617 2309-9828 |