Loneliness in the Daily Lives of Young Adults: Testing a Socio-cognitive Model

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-30

  van Roekel, Eeske ^a,b   Ha, Thao ^c   Scholte, Ron H J ^a,d   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a,e   Verhagen, Maaike ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Praktikon   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emerging adults; Experience Sampling Method; Loneliness; Social reward; Social threat; Socio cognitive model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956943226     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.2028     Document Type: Article

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