Living Alone Does Not Account for the Association Between Loneliness and Sleep in Older Adults: Response to Hawkley, Preacher, and Cacioppo, 2010

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-

  McHugh, Joanna ^a   Lawlor, Brian ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; MOOD; NOTE; SLEEP;

HUMANS; LONELINESS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP;

EID: 79952842931     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022433     Document Type: Note

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