Loneliness in a day: Activity engagement, time alone, and experienced emotions

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 297-305

  Queen, Tara L ^a   Stawski, Robert S ^b   Ryan, Lindsay H ^c   Smith, Jacqui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Day reconstruction; Emotion; Loneliness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RANDOM DIGIT DIALING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE; WELLBEING; AGED; AGING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902989226     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036889     Document Type: Article

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