Associations of loneliness in older married men and women

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-39

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Shiovitz Ezra, Sharon ^b   Palgi, Yuval ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

dyads; epidemiology; gender; loneliness; marriage; social network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873374567     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.702725     Document Type: Article

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