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Título: | Can the internet reduce the loneliness of 50+ living alone? |
Autor(es): | Silva, Patrícia Maria Teixeira Delerue Matos, Alice Martinez-Pecino, Roberto |
Palavras-chave: | Loneliness Living alone Internet 50+ individuals Europe |
Data: | 2022 |
Editora: | Routledge |
Revista: | Information, Communication & Society |
Citação: | Patrícia Silva, Alice Delerue Matos & Roberto Martinez-Pecino (2022) Can the internet reduce the loneliness of 50+ living alone?, Information, Communication & Society, 25:1, 17-33, DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2020.1760917 |
Resumo(s): | 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 |
Tipo: | Artigo |
Descrição: | Published online: 12 May 2020 |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/65457 |
DOI: | 10.1080/1369118X.2020.1760917 |
ISSN: | 1369-118X |
e-ISSN: | 1468-4462 |
Versão da editora: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1760917 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | CECS - Artigos em revistas internacionais / Articles in international journals |
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