While older adults (aged 65 years and older) are increasingly using social media, their
usage rates still lag those of younger age groups. Social media use has been observed to …

Background In the last decades, the relationship between social networking sites (SNSs)
and older people's loneliness is gaining specific relevance. Studies in this field are often …

Background There is growing evidence that the internet has beneficial effects on the mental
health of middle-aged and older people (≥ 45 years), but the evidence is inconclusive, and …

Purpose: The research objectives of this study are to test the scientific propositions of
whether Internet use promotes life satisfaction among the elderly, whether there is variability …

This study investigated the effect of using the Internet on depression symptoms of older
Chinese, based on 7,801 adults aged over 60 years from the 2018 China Family Panel …

Older adults make little use of social networking sites (SNS). SNS has become essential for
maintaining social contacts and countering loneliness in the current era marked by the …

Purpose: The Internet has become an important part of daily life. However, older adults in
China remain digital refugees amid the rapid development of digital information technology …

Purpose The use of social networking sites (SNSs) can promote life satisfaction mainly
because of their social relationship benefits. Although prior studies examined the roles of …

Older adults increasingly use digital technologies to communicate with others. The goal of
the present study is to understand the role of interaction modality for the perceived quality of …

Objectives: Social isolation and loneliness are prevalent in older adults and are detrimental
to physical and mental health. Social media use has been shown to be effective in …