Validation of an abbreviated version of the Lubben Social Network Scale (“LSNS-6”) and its associations with suicidality among older adults in China

• Qingsong Chang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Feng Sha,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Chee Hon Chan,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Paul S. F. Yip

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sfpyip@hku.hk

  Affiliations Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1596-4120

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