...Lídia Serra; Cristina Almeida; Luís Silva Purpose The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of general cognitive functioning and positive and negative affects on loneliness in the elderly people and to analyze the mediating effect of positive affects on the relationship between negative...

... of the ex-Goodmayes patients in the 1983 project reported loneliness, compared to more than one-third when in hospital; loneliness has been recognised as a major personal, social and public health problem (Cacioppo et al., 2003) and may contribute to premature deaths among people with severe mental...