Social support, loneliness, recuperative processes, and their direct and indirect effects on health

Health Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-232

  Segrin, Chris ^a   Domschke, Tricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956299843     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2010.546771     Document Type: Article

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