Internet use as a predictor of sense of community in older people

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-239

  Sum, Shima ^a,c   Mathews, R Mark ^a   Pourghasem, Mohsen ^b,c   Hughes, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ONLINE SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 64749107266     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0150     Document Type: Article

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