Associations between loneliness, depressive symptoms and perceived togetherness in older people

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 526-534

  Tiikkainen, Pirjo ^a   Heikkinen, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

EID: 27544498977     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860500193138     Document Type: Article

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