Loneliness, well-being, older adults
PUBLICATIONS
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FRIENDSHIPS, LONELINESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN OLDER ADULTS: A LIMIT TO THE BENEFIT OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FRIENDSHIPS
Thompson, A., Smith, M. A., McNeill, A., & Pollet, T. V. (2022). Friendships, loneliness and psychological well-being in older adults: A limit to the benefit of increasing the number friendships. Ageing & Society, 1-26 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000666
THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF POSITIVE EMOTIONAL WRITING: INVESTIGATING THE MODERATING ROLE OF TYPE D (DISTRESSED) PERSONALITY
Smith, M. A., Thompson, A., Hall, L. J., Allen, S. F., & Wetherell, M. A. (2018). The physical and psychological health benefits of positive emotional writing: Investigating the moderating role of Type D (distressed) personality. British journal of health psychology, 23(4), 857-871. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12320

PUBLICATIONS

Pollet, T. V., Thompson, A., Malcolm, C., McCarty, K., Saxton, T., & Roberts, S. G. (2022). Are we measuring loneliness in the same way in men and women in the general population and in the older population? Two studies of measurement equivalence. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266167
Thompson, A., & Pollet, T. V. (2021). An Exploratory Psychometric Network Analysis of Loneliness Scales in a Sample of Older Adults. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fauc4
