What Predicts Loneliness? Cultural Difference Between Individualistic and Collectivistic Societies in Europe

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 468-490

  Lykes, Valerie A ^a   Kemmelmeier, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; culture; Europe; individualism; interpersonal relationships; loneliness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894290089     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113509881     Document Type: Article

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