Dispositional optimism and loneliness in older men

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-159

  Rius Ottenheim, Nathaly ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^b   Van Der Mast, Roos C ^a   Zitman, Frans G ^a   Geleijnse, Johanna M ^b   Giltay, Erik J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; dispositional optimism; loneliness; older; social network

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISPOSITIONAL OPTIMISM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; OPTIMISM; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84855463713     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2701     Document Type: Article

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