Artículo
Can the internet reduce the loneliness of 50+ living alone?
Autor/es | Silva, Patrícia
Delerue Matos, Alice Martínez Pecino, Roberto |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Psicología Social |
Fecha de publicación | 2022 |
Fecha de depósito | 2022-06-24 |
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Resumen | Living alone has been indicated as a key variable to explain loneliness
in older adults. In contemporary society, where technology has
become one of the main means of communication and personal
interaction, has the ... Living alone has been indicated as a key variable to explain loneliness in older adults. In contemporary society, where technology has become one of the main means of communication and personal interaction, has the internet influenced the relationship between living alone and loneliness? This paper aims to answer this research question by using a sample of 64,297 individuals who were surveyed in SHARE project wave 6 – in European countries with different welfare regimes (Portugal, Greece, Italy and Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Poland, Czech Republic; Slovenia, Estonia, and Croatia). The results of the regression analysis evidence the moderating role of the internet on the relationship between living alone and feelings of loneliness in individuals aged 50 and over, so that the impact of living alone on loneliness is diminished for internet users as compared to their peers who do not use the internet. The results therefore reinforce the importance of policies aimed at fostering e-inclusion as a way of reducing the loneliness of older adults. |
Agencias financiadoras | European Commission (EC) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Portugal National Institute on Aging. USA Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Ministry of Education and Research. Germany |
Cita | Silva, P., Delerue Matos, A. y Martínez Pecino, R. (2022). Can the internet reduce the loneliness of 50+ living alone?. Information, Communication & Society, 25 (1), 17-33. |
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