On the reciprocal association between loneliness and subjective well-being

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 777-784

  Vanderweele, Tyler J ^a   Hawkley, Louise C ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

causal models; loneliness; marginal structural models; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LATINO PEOPLE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

COOK COUNTY [ILLINOIS]; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868035444     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws173     Document Type: Article

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