Living alone, social support, and feeling lonely among the elderly

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-138

  Yeh, Shu Chuan Jennifer ^a   Lo, Sing Kai ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gender; Living alone; Loneliness; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842426191     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2004.32.2.129     Document Type: Article

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