Citation

Fessman N, Lester D. Int. J. Aging Hum. Dev. 2000; 51(2): 137-141.

Affiliation

Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, New Jersey 08012, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11140848

Abstract

A study of residents of a nursing facility showed that social relationships formed with other residents was a much stronger predictor of depression and loneliness than social relationships with friends and relatives from outside the institution.

Language: en