Functions of loneliness, social support, health behaviors, and stress in association with poor health

Health Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 312-322

  Segrin, Chris ^a   Passalacqua, Stacey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953084927     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410231003773334     Document Type: Article

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