Loneliness: The Experience of Emotional and Social Isolation

Loneliness: The Experience of Emotional and Social Isolation
ISBN-10
0262730413
ISBN-13
9780262730419
Series
Loneliness
Category
Psychology
Pages
236
Language
English
Published
1975-01-01
Publisher
MIT Press
Author
Robert S. Weiss

Description

Brings together papers which attempt to capture the phenomena of loneliness with case materials that illuminate the descriptive and theoretical accounts.

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