Smartphone ownership, digital literacy, and the mediating role of social connectedness and loneliness in improving the wellbeing of community-dwelling older adults of low socio-economic status in Singapore

• Main Authors: Soundararajan, Amrish, Lim, Jie Xin, Ngiam, Nerice Heng Wen, Tey, Angeline Jie-Yin, Tang, Aaron Kai Wen, Lim, Haikel A., Yow, Ka Shing, Cheng, Ling Jie, Ho, Jess, Teo, Nigel Qun Xuan, Yee, Wan Qi, Yoon, Sungwon, Low, Lian Leng, Ng, Kennedy Yao Yi
• 其他作者: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2023
• 主題: Social sciences::Communication; Social Connectedness; Low Socioeconomic Status
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171617

During the COVID-19 pandemic, safe-distancing measures resulted in many community-dwelling older adults being socially isolated and lonely, with its attending negative impact on wellbeing and quality of life. While digital technology may have mitigated this, older adults of low socioeconomic status...