Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:This study aimed at exploring the Internet's role in supporting subjective well-being in later life by applying a functional approach, namely, simultaneously but separately examining each of the principal online functions common among older adults (interpersonal communication, information, task performance and leisure). METHODS:Data were collected online from 306 Internet users aged 50 years and over. Subjective well-being was measured according to indicators of depression and life satisfaction. RESULTS:Interpersonal communication and information seeking were the most commonly used Internet functions, followed by task performance; use for leisure and recreation was significantly less prevalent. All four online functions were positively correlated with life satisfaction, and task performance and leisure were negatively correlated with depression. After controlling for sociodemographic variables, only leisure associated significantly with the well-being measures. DISCUSSION:These findings revealed a paradoxical situation in which the most beneficial use of the Internet is the least popular.
journal_name
Aging Ment Healthjournal_title
Aging & mental healthauthors
Lifshitz R,Nimrod G,Bachner YGdoi
10.1080/13607863.2016.1232370subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-01-01 00:00:00pages
85-91issue
1eissn
1360-7863issn
1364-6915journal_volume
22pub_type
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