 Online engagement, resilience, and loneliness among older people during the COVID-19 pandemicKunyu Zhang, Jeffrey A. Burr, Jan E. Mutchler and Jiehua Lu Social Science & Medicine, 2023, vol. 329, issue C Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the public health concerns of social isolation and loneliness for older people who are vulnerable due to their health conditions and more restrictive social measures. However studies revealed that many older adults demonstrated high resilience and remained emotionally stable during the pandemic, particularly those who had a broad engagement with online technology that could compensate for their isolation. Yet, little empirical research has examined explicitly the association between online engagement and loneliness among older adults, and the role resilience played in this relationship during the pandemic. This study contributed to the literature by addressing these research gaps. Keywords: COVID-19; Internet; Digital engagement; Loneliness; Resilience; Posttraumatic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:socmed:v:329:y:2023:i:c:s0277953623003830 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116026 Access Statistics for this article Social Science & Medicine is currently edited by Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian More articles in Social Science & Medicine from Elsevier |
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