Loneliness and social engagement in older adults: A bivariate dual change score Analysis

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 152-162

  McHugh Power, Joanna E ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^b   Kee, Frank ^a   Lawlor, Brian A ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive aging; Loneliness; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGING; HUMAN RELATION; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 85053085546     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pag0000287     Document Type: Article

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