Older Chinese, the internet, and well-being

Care Management Journals

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Xie, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Information and communication technologies (ICTs); Quality of life; Retirees

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHINA; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT;

EID: 34248590226     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/152109807780494122     Document Type: Article

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