Older adults are particularly susceptible to social isolation and loneliness, which can be attributed to various factors including deteriorating health, changes in the size of their social networks (such as the loss of family members or friends), and social and demographic considerations (e.g. house...
Stitch was launched in 2014 and is a community, companionship, and activities site for older adults 50 and above. They have over 150,000 members in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. As of 2020, the Stitch community has been setup as a not-for-profit charity, with its g...
but with their friends and those in the same age group.Almost 50 percent of older adults were introduced to the social networking sites by a family member,mainly a child or grandchil d."Just under one-fifth of adults aged 50 and older say they do not use the Internet,"according to the...
Pew Internet & American Life Project Web site. http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009 /Adults-and-Social-Network-Websites.aspx. Ac- cessed May 8, 2009.Lenhart, A. (2009, January 14). Adults and social network websites. PEW / INTERNET , pp. 1 ...
It is much more productive to try to understand how social networks work and how they are used by pre-adolescents and adolescents who will soon be adults, to sensitize them to the responsible use of them, and to recognize their dangers but also to be able to learn ourselves from those ...
Loneliness and social isolation are triggers for unfavorable changes in older adults’ health and well-being. Information and communication technology (ICT) can be used by older adults to mitigate the negative effects of loneliness and social isolation. However, ICT needs to be customized to the ...
Below, you’ll find the freshest data from sites like Statista to help you get the lowdown on the top social media sites around the world. We’ll look at standout features for each social networking platform, go over who should (and should not) use them, and provide insights that’ll ...
The surge in social network services (SNS) usage has ignited concerns about potential addictive behaviors stemming from excessive engagement. This research focuses on pinpointing the primary determinants of SNS addiction by introducing a theoretical fram
For example, on average Canton-S females appeared on the side containing male attractors ~75% of the time, yielding a PI score of 0.5 (PI = 0.75–0.25, Fig. 1c). Further characterization revealed that the PI value did not change significantly over 4 h (Supplementary Fig. 1E), ...
For example, unhealthy (“junk”) food is typically faster to consume and poses less interruption to adolescents’ SNS use habits compared to healthy meals that include fruits and vegetables, which require preparation and consumption time. Moreover, many adolescents start using SNS (e.g., ...