Internet use and depression among retired older adults in the United States: A longitudinal analysis

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 763-771

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Internet; Older adults; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLDER ADULTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; WELL-BEING.;

DEPRESSION; INTERNET; OLDER ADULTS; WELL-BEING.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906234559     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu018     Document Type: Article

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