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Contact difficulties and experience of loneliness in depressed patients and non‐psychiatric controls
Author(s) -
Eisemann M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01193.x
Subject(s) - loneliness , psychology , depression (economics) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , social contact , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics
– 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.