Lonely hearts: Psychological perspectives on loneliness

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Ernst, John M ^a,b   Cacioppo, John T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Depression; Individual differences; Loneliness; Psychopathology; Social network; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033408657     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-1849(99)80008-0     Document Type: Article

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