A cross-lagged model of the reciprocal associations of loneliness and memory functioning

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 255-261

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Shiovitz Ezra, Sharon ^b   Roziner, Ilan ^a,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dementia; Loneliness; Longitudinal; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960329045     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pag0000075     Document Type: Article

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