Subjective Loneliness Scale Test

A three-minute, 21-question assessment, the Subjective Loneliness Scale Test helps you reflect on how connected, supported, and socially integrated you currently feel. Your result indicates your current level of perceived loneliness and social isolation, offering a practical starting point for self-reflection about your social needs.

Questions: 213 minutes

Subjective Loneliness Scale Test: sample question card

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How the Scales are Structured

Loneliness and Social IsolationLaSI

Measures the subjective intensity of loneliness and perceived social isolation.

example score19/63

19/63Lowexample score

0 – 22Low

23 – 43Moderate

44 – 63High

A score of 19 falls in the Low range, suggesting relatively low perceived loneliness and generally adequate social connectedness.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Feeling socially disconnected

46%OF USERS

People who notice persistent loneliness or a lack of close relationships take it to understand how strong these feelings are.

After major life changes

33%OF USERS

Those who have moved, changed jobs, ended a relationship, or started studying somewhere new use it to check how the transition affects their sense of connection.

Counseling and screening clients

21%OF USERS

Psychologists, social workers, and researchers use it for a quick baseline measure to decide whether deeper support or assessment is needed.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Loneliness and Social Isolation ScaleLaSIS

You?

Average39.6

Typical rangeTypical29.6 – 49.7

Possible0 – 63

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often

These are 3 of the 21 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Subjective Loneliness Scale Test - Description and methodology of the test

loneliness

social alienation

People who want to understand a gap between being surrounded by others and feeling emotionally alone may find this Subjective Loneliness Scale Test useful. It is designed for readers who can reflect on everyday relationships, support, and belonging. This subjective loneliness assessment describes perceived social connection, giving a focused result for personal reflection on belonging, support, and emotional closeness.

What This Assessment Explores

Loneliness is treated here as a subjective experience, not simply the number of people nearby. The statements ask whether you feel understood, supported, emotionally connected, and able to share thoughts openly. They also address missing common interests, abandonment, isolation, and family life.

For many readers, this loneliness questionnaire can clarify the difference between physical solitude and emotional disconnection. It suits people reflecting on relationships, belonging, or unmet needs for closeness, without assuming that any answer defines personality.

The result uses one scale, Loneliness and Social Isolation (0-63), assessing subjective loneliness and the degree of social isolation. Its displayed bands are:

Low (0-22) indicates stronger social integration and less pronounced loneliness.
Moderate (23-43) indicates an intermediate level of perceived disconnection or limited contact.
High (44-63) indicates more pronounced loneliness and fewer social contacts.

These bands provide a current snapshot for self-reflection.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Responses use four ordered options-Never, Rarely, Sometimes, and Often. The statements cover experiences of harmony, support, and shared interests as well as abandonment, isolation, or having no one to confide in. This mix asks the respondent to consider both available connection and its felt absence.

The result is reported on the displayed scale and interpreted through its displayed bands. As a social isolation test, this questionnaire is a self-report: current mood, recent changes in relationships, living circumstances, and willingness to answer candidly may affect the result. A recent conflict, move, or change in contact may therefore make perceived isolation feel different from one period to another.

The published UCLA Loneliness Scale, Version 3, offers a relevant conceptual comparison, not the source of this exact questionnaire. The 1978 development study by Russell, Peplau, and Ferguson is the closest source for its naming and focus, while later work by Russell, Peplau, and Cutrona provides validity context. This 21-item digital self-report questionnaire uses the displayed bands; published UCLA standardization, norms, and validation do not establish those properties for it.

Author: D. W. Russell, L. A. Peplau, M. L. Ferguson

Literature:

Russell, D. W. (1996). UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3): Reliability, validity, and factor structure. Journal of Personality Assessment, 66(1), 20-40. 10.1207/s15327752jpa6601_2
Russell, D., Peplau, L. A., and Cutrona, C. E. (1980). The revised UCLA loneliness scale: Concurrent and discriminant validity evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(3), 472-480. 10.1037/0022-3514.39.3.472
Russell, D., Peplau, L. A., and Ferguson, M. L. (1978). Developing a measure of loneliness. Journal of Personality Assessment, 42(3), 290-294. 10.1207/s15327752jpa4203_11