The Existential Loneliness Questionnaire: Background, development, and preliminary findings

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1183-1193

  Mayers, Aviva M ^a   Khoo, Siek Toon ^b   Svartberg, Martin ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Existential loneliness; Item analysis; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONELINESS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LONELINESS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036720824     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10038     Document Type: Article

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