Gender and marital-history differences in emotional and social loneliness among Dutch older adults

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-155

  Dykstra, Pearl A ^a   De Jong Gierveld, Jenny ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences NIAS KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotional loneliness; Gender; Marital history; Social loneliness; Social network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTHOOD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WIDOW;

NESTOR;

EID: 3142554111     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2004.0018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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