Social integration and loneliness: A comparative study among older adults in the Netherlands and Tuscany, Italy

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 740-754

  Van Tilburg, Theo ^a   De Jong Gierveld, Jenny ^b   Lecchini, Laura ^b   Marsiglia, Donatella ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Cross cultural differences; Loneliness; Social integration; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032356367     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407598156002     Document Type: Article

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