This study examined whether loneliness predicts health perceptions, i.e., emotional and physical health, in a sample of 174 older Korean immigrants living in a metropolitan area. Scores on the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale predicted scores on the Lire Satisfaction Index-Z and perceived physical health in the older Koreans, but not scores on the Sympton Pattern Scale.

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psychological aspect human middle aged aging Aged ethnology Humans Asian Americans male Asian American female Aged, 80 and over personality test Geriatric Assessment Personality Inventory Article migration Emigration and Immigration Loneliness attitude to health Korea