
Loneliness In Intimate Relationships Scale
Take this test to understand why you feel lonely, even when around your partner.
By Mark Travers, Ph.D.
December 8, 2023

By Mark Travers, Ph.D.
December 8, 2023
Mark Travers, Ph.D., is the lead psychologist at Awake Therapy, responsible for new client intake and placement. Mark received his B.A. in psychology, magna cum laude, from Cornell University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder. His academic research has been published in leading psychology journals and has been featured in The New York Times and The New Yorker, among other popular publications. He is a regular contributor for Forbes and Psychology Today, where he writes about psycho-educational topics such as happiness, relationships, personality, and life meaning. Click here to schedule an initial consultation with Mark or another member of the Awake Therapy team. Or, you can drop him a note here.
The Loneliness in Intimate Relationships Scale is a newly introduced scale designed to gauge the experience of "loneliness" within intimate relationships, which can influence one’s emotional, physical and spiritual well-being even when in close proximity to their partner.
The scale evaluates three primary factors that reflect loneliness in such relationships: feelings of detachment or emotional distance from the partner, sensations of hurt or emotional pain and elements of guilt tied to the relationship dynamics.
Given that the nuanced experience of loneliness within intimate unions has not been extensively explored in the past, the scale serves as a crucial instrument in understanding, assessing and delving deeper into the facets of this specific kind of loneliness and its implications.
You can take this test here. Please follow all of the steps to receive your results.
References: Rokach A, Sha'ked A, Ben-Artzi E. Loneliness in Intimate Relationships Scale (LIRS): Development and Validation. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 10;19(19):12970. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912970. PMID: 36232275; PMCID: PMC9565016.