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Contributions of Personality, Social Network, and Cognitive Processes to the Experience of Loneliness in Women Religious and Other Mature Australian Women

Margaret Smith Psychology Department, Swinburne Institute of Technology
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Ann D. Knowles Psychology Department, Swinburne Institute of Technology
Pages 355-365 | Received 25 Jun 1990, Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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