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Influence of social environment on loneliness in older adults: Moderation by polymorphism in the CRHR1.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 1 May 2014
Chou Kee-Lee, Cacioppo John T, Kumari Meena, Song Y Q
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OBJECTIVE: Both adverse social environments and genetic factors contribute to loneliness in old age. Mixed findings between older adults' social relations with their children and their levels of loneliness suggested that a gene × social environment interaction may be operating. We examine whether the effects of infrequent contact with children and low levels of perceived social support from children on loneliness...
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