ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022
Internet Use, Social Networks, and Loneliness Among the Older Population in China.
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- Study on the relationship between depressive symptoms and Internet use in the older adults under the background of population aging-evidence based on CHARLS 2018 and 2020.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Leisure patterns and happiness among Chinese older adults: the moderating effect of age.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Impact of Post-Retirement Social Relationship Changes on Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Loneliness and Moderating Role of Social Networks.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Article
- Influence mechanism of Internet use on the physical and mental health of the Chinese elderly-Based on Chinese General Social Survey.PloS one · 2025Article
- A study of the impact of internet use on the mental health of rural older adults-empirical analysis based on China General Social Survey 2021 data.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Impact of living arrangements and internet use on the mental health of Chinese older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The relationship between social frailty and cognitive impairment among older adults: the role of various types of internet use.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association of internet use and health service utilization with self-rated health in middle-aged and older adults: findings from a nationally representative longitudinal survey.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Social networks and the mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating role of loneliness and moderating role of Internet use.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The Relationship between Internet Use and Self-Rated Health among Older Adults in China: The Mediating Role of Social Support.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Does the Internet Bring People Closer Together or Further Apart? The Impact of Internet Usage on Interpersonal Communications.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The micro-macro interplay of economic factors in late-life loneliness: Evidence from Europe and China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- How does the Internet enhance the subjective well-being of elderly individuals in China?Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
While the rate of Internet use among the older population in China is rapidly increasing, the outcomes associated with Internet use remain largely unexplored. Currently, there are contradictory findings indicating that Internet use is sometimes positively and sometimes negatively associated with older adults' subjective well-being. Therefore, we examined the associations between different types of Internet use, social networks, and loneliness among Chinese older adults using data from the Chinese Longitudinal Ageing Society Survey (
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