Life satisfaction in the internet age – Changes in the past decade

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 197-206

  Lissitsa, Sabina ^a   Chachashvili Bolotin, Svetlana ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Digital uses; Internet adoption; Life satisfaction; Repeated cross sectional study; Senior population

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGITAL USES; INTERNET ADOPTION; LIFE SATISFACTION; SENIOR POPULATION;

HEALTH;

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; ISRAEL; LIFE SATISFACTION; LITERACY;

EID: 85026937060     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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