Social and emotional loneliness among divorced and married men and women: Comparing the deficit and cognitive perspectives

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Dykstra, Pearl A ^a   Fokkema, Tineke ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34249856990     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530701330843     Document Type: Article

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