Predictors of loneliness among older women and men in Sweden: A national longitudinal study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 409-417

  Dahlberg, Lena ^a,b   Andersson, Lars ^c   McKee, Kevin J ^b   Lennartsson, Carin ^a  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gender; loneliness; longitudinal; predictors; widowhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84926166153     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.944091     Document Type: Article

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