Open AccessSocial isolation after spinal cord injury: Indicators from the Longitudinal Aging Study.
Author(s) -
Susan D. Newman,
Chao Li,
James S. Krause
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
rehabilitation psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1939-1544
pISSN - 0090-5550
DOI - 10.1037/rep0000112
Subject(s) - social isolation , psychology , structural equation modeling , isolation (microbiology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The purpose of this study was to develop and test a conceptual model of social isolation, incorporating social disconnectedness (objective measures) and perceived isolation (subjective appraisals) in an aging sample of participants with spinal cord injury (SCI).