Loneliness in Everyday Life: Cardiovascular Activity, Psychosocial Context, and Health Behaviors

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-120

  Hawkley, Louise C ^a   Burleson, Mary H ^b   Berntson, Gary G ^b   Cacioppo, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0141865550     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.1.105     Document Type: Article

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