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Affect and loneliness among centenarians and the oldest old: The role of individual and social resources

Jennifer A. Margrett Department of Human Development and Family Studies & the Gerontology Program, Iowa State University, Ames, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Kate Daugherty Department of Human Development and Family Studies & the Gerontology Program, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
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Peter Martin Department of Human Development and Family Studies & the Gerontology Program, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
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Maurice MacDonald College of Human Ecology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA
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Adam Davey Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
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John L. Woodard Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
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L. Stephen Miller Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
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Ilene C. Siegler Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, USA
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Leonard W. Poon UGA Institute of Gerontology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
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Pages 385-396 | Received 07 Jun 2010, Accepted 18 Aug 2010, Published online: 11 Apr 2011

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