The Chinese version of the stigma of loneliness scale in people with chronic diseases: an assessment of psychometric characteristics

Table 3 The result of item analysis of SLS

Item	Entire Sample (N鈥�=鈥�318)		Low Subgroup (N鈥�=鈥�86)		High Subgroup (N鈥�=鈥�86)		t-value	Corrected Item-Total Correlation	Cronbach鈥檚 Alpha if Item Deleted
Item	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	t-value	Corrected Item-Total Correlation	Cronbach鈥檚 Alpha if Item Deleted
1	2.06	1.08	1.08	0.28	3.21	1.02	18.70^***	0.81^***	0.956
2	2.08	1.07	1.03	0.19	3.19	1.00	19.62^***	0.81^***	0.956
3	2.10	1.10	1.05	0.21	3.40	0.97	21.86^***	0.87^***	0.953
4	2.14	1.17	1.05	0.21	3.53	0.90	24.87^***	0.86^***	0.954
5	2.09	1.09	1.03	0.19	3.22	1.08	18.53^***	0.83^***	0.955
6	2.35	1.20	1.06	0.24	3.66	0.79	29.26^***	0.88^***	0.953
7	2.23	1.12	1.05	0.21	3.49	0.85	25.84^***	0.88^***	0.953
8	2.28	1.15	1.05	0.21	3.48	0.88	24.97^***	0.86^***	0.954
9	2.20	1.11	1.02	0.15	3.43	0.91	24.08^***	0.88^***	0.953
10	2.27	1.15	1.07	0.30	3.49	0.90	23.56^***	0.85^***	0.954

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