Internet use and depression among older adults

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 496-499

  Cotten, Shelia R ^a   Ford, George ^b   Ford, Sherry ^c   Hale, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Internet use; Older adults; Well being

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EMPIRICAL METHOD; INTERNET USE; OLDER ADULTS; PROPENSITY SCORE; SMALL SAMPLES; WELL-BEING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

INTERNET;

EID: 84855541759     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.10.021     Document Type: Article

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