From social structural factors to perceptions of relationship quality and loneliness: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Hawkley, Louise C ^a   Hughes, Mary Elizabeth ^b   Waite, Linda J ^a   Masi, Christopher M ^c   Thisted, Ronald A ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Health; Loneliness risk factors; Relationship quality; Social network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 57749188081     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.6.S375     Document Type: Article

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