Self- and other-oriented potential lifetime traumatic events as predictors of loneliness in the second half of life

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-430

  Palgi, Yuval ^a   Shrira, Amit ^b   Ben Ezra, Menachem ^c   Shiovitz Ezra, Sharon ^d   Ayalon, Liat ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cumulative trauma; lifetime trauma; loneliness; other oriented events; self oriented events

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84859723003     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.638903     Document Type: Article

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