Quantity or quality? Assessing relationships between perceived social connectedness and recorded encounters

Higher levels of social connectedness are associated with better physical and mental health outcomes, but measures of connectedness are often study specific. Prior research has distinguished between perceived and received (quantifiable) measures of social connectedness, with differing impacts on hea...

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title Quantity or quality? Assessing relationships between perceived social connectedness and recorded encounters
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