Loneliness in Elderly Persons: A Preliminary Study
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 50 (3_suppl) , 1317-1318
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1982.50.3c.1317
Abstract
75 elderly persons in Los Angeles were administered the UCLA Loneliness Scale and a battery of health and psychosocial measures. Correlations showed that irrespective of marriage, being lonely was inversely related to education, health, and several aspects of emotional well-being. Women tended to feel mote lonely than men.Keywords
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