Who are the lonely? A typology of loneliness in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 357-364

  Hawkins Elder, Hannah ^a   Milfont, Taciano L ^a   Hammond, Matthew D ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Latent Profile Analysis; Loneliness; New Zealand; typology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; NEW ZEALAND; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL NETWORK; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85033352158     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867417718944     Document Type: Article

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