Loneliness Predicts Reduced Physical Activity: Cross-Sectional & Longitudinal Analyses

Health Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 354-363

  Hawkley, Louise C ^a,b   Thisted, Ronald A ^a,b   Cacioppo, John T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

loneliness; longitudinal; physical activity; self regulation; social control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65849518921     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014400     Document Type: Article

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