Internet Use and Well-Being in Older Adults

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 268-272

  Heo, Jinmoo ^a   Chun, Sanghee ^b   Lee, Sunwoo ^c   Lee, Kyung Hee ^d   Kim, Junhyoung ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84929313104     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0549     Document Type: Article

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