Situational Factors Related to Loneliness and Loss Over Time Among Older Pet Owners

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 905-919

  Krause Parello, Cheryl A ^a   Gulick, Elsie E ^b  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; loneliness; loss; older adults; pet attachment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LOSS; MALE; OLDER ADULTS; PET ANIMAL; PET ATTACHMENT;

COPING; LONELINESS; LOSS; OLDER ADULTS; PET ATTACHMENT;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PETS;

EID: 84880459375     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945913480567     Document Type: Article

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