A comparison of health behaviours in lonely and non-lonely populations

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-245

  Lauder, William ^a   Mummery, Kerry ^b   Jones, Martyn ^a   Caperchione, Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Obesity; Physical activity; Smoking; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELEPHONE; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 33745699300     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500500266607     Document Type: Article

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