Contact difficulties and experience of loneliness in depressed patients and non‐psychiatric controls
- 23 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 70 (2) , 160-165
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01193.x
Abstract
– Contact difficulties and the experience of loneliness have been studied in a sample of 110 depressed patients and in non-psychiatric controls (n= 98). The results indicate significant differences between these groups. Furthermore, significant correlations between loneliness, contact difficulties and social network variables occurred. The patient sample showed relationships between loneliness and severity of the depressive syndrome.Keywords
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