Loneliness among men and women - A five-year follow-up study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-206

  Nicolaisen, Magnhild ^a   Thorsen, Kirsten ^a,b,c  

^a Ageing and Health   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

gender; life course; life events; loneliness; longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY;

EID: 84893956326     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.821457     Document Type: Article

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