The purpose of this study was to develop an Arabic version of the
social and emotional loneliness scale for adults–Abbreviated Form
(SELSA-A), and assess its psychometric properties in order to ascertain
its suitability to be used in Syria.
Sever
al methods of reliability and validity were used in Studying the
instrument under consideration, which was administered to a various
samples of university students and others (N=623). Factor analysis by
using principal components method and Varimax Rotation was also
conducted.