Internet use and loneliness in older adults

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-211

  Sum, Shima ^a,b   Mathews, R Mark ^a   Hughes, Ian ^a   Campbell, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42349104069     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0010     Document Type: Article

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