Internet use and its effects on loneliness in the elderly population : a review

• Main Authors: Liew, Ming En, Muhammad Ilham Mohamed Halik, Ho, Stella Xin Jie
• Other Authors: Michael David Gumert
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138131
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Internet use is rapidly increasing across all population groups, and the elderly are not an exception. Internet uptake rates for the elderly are increasing year on year, which can have implications on multiple aspects of well-being, one of which is loneliness. Research shown that the elderly populat...