Loneliness among older lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults: The role of minority stress

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1171-1180

  Kuyper, Lisette ^a   Fokkema, Tineke ^b  

^a Rutgers Nisso Group   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Homosexual; Loneliness; Minority stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957749373     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9513-7     Document Type: Article

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