The subjectivity of loneliness and coping with it

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 475-481

  Rokach, Ami ^a,b  

^a Ontario Correctional Institute

^b Ontario Correctional Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030265605     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.2.475     Document Type: Article

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