Loneliness among school-aged children and their parents: Development and Aging

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-219

  Junttila, Niina ^a   Vauras, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooperating skills; Emotional loneliness; Intergenerational transmission; Social loneliness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICS;

CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FATHERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 65649117780     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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