Predictors of perceived togetherness in very old men and women: A 5-year follow-up study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-399

  Tiikkainen, P ^a   Leskinen, E ^a   Heikkinen, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Longitudinal study; Mixture modeling; Older people; Perceived togetherness; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOGETHERNESS; WELLBEING; WIDOW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONELINESS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41249097803     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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