The impact of technology on older adults' social isolation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 594-603

  Khosravi, Pouria ^a   Rezvani, Azadeh ^a   Wiewiora, Anna ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; ICT; Loneliness; Older adults; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ROBOTICS; SEARCH ENGINES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3-D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; LONELINESS; OLDER ADULTS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ADULT; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DATA BASE; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; LONELINESS; PEER GROUP; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIDEO GAME;

EID: 84973369915     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.092     Document Type: Review

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