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The importance of self-perceptions of aging in predicting late-life loneliness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2022

Ehud Bodner Open the ORCID record for Ehud Bodner [Opens in a new window]
Ehud Bodner*
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The Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences and the Department of Music, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 34 , Special Issue 7: Issue Theme: Wisdom, Loneliness, and Other Behavioral Traits , July 2022 , pp. 609 - 612
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