@article{334786,
      note = {Originally published: 2008.},
      author = {Cacioppo, John T. and Patrick, William,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/334786},
      title = {Loneliness : human nature and the need for social  connection /},
      publisher = {W. W. Norton,},
      abstract = {A sense of isolation or social rejection disrupts not only  our thinking abilities and will power but also our immune  systems, and can be as damaging as obesity or smoking. A  blend of biological and social science, this book  demonstrates that, as individuals and as a society, we have  everything to gain, and everything to lose, in how well or  how poorly we manage our need for social bonds. --from  publisher description},
      recid = {334786},
      pages = {xiv, 317 p. :},
      address = {New York ;},
      year = {2009},
}