The relationship between family communication networks and elderly loneliness: A structural equation modeling approach across three generations

• Mahdi Sepidarkish,

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

  Affiliations Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

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• Afsaneh Bakhtiari ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: afbakhtiari@gmail.com

  Affiliation Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4732-6900

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• Zeinab Baheshmat,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Student Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

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• Shabnam Omidvar

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5026-9399

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