Problematic Social Media Use and Perceived Social Isolation in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
Problematic Social Media Use and Perceived Social Isolation in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
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DOI：
10.1159/000502577
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Bender, Andrew R.
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作者：
Meshi, Dar;Cotten, Shelia R.;Bender, Andrew R.
背景：老年人的社会孤立与许多不良健康结果有关。在当今的数字社会中，如果个人认为自己在社会上被孤立，他们可以采取措施在社交媒体平台上与他人互动。对年轻人的研究表明，社交媒体的使用与社交孤立呈正相关。然而，对老年人使用社交媒体和社交孤立的了解较少。目的：本研究的目的是调查老年人社交孤立和社交媒体使用程度之间的可能联系。研究方法：使用互联网资源，我们招募了213名参与者（79.8%为女性;平均年龄62.6岁，SD 8.3），他们回答了一项在线调查，重点关注生活状况，抑郁症，社交孤立和社交媒体用途：估计每天在社交媒体上的时间和有问题的社交媒体使用。接下来，使用二元逻辑回归，我们评估了社交孤立和社交媒体使用之间的关联。结果如下：我们的分析未能确定社交孤立感与社交媒体上的估计每日时间之间的关系;然而，更高的社交媒体使用问题与更高的社交孤立感相关（OR 1.17）。讨论和结论：虽然没有因果关系，但我们的研究结果表明，有问题的社交媒体使用与老年人的社交孤立感之间存在关联。对老年人进行社交媒体干预的研究人员应该注意到这种潜力，并监测这些平台的适应不良使用。总的来说，我们的研究结果为未来研究老年人的社交媒体使用和社交孤立提供了一个重要的起点。
Background: Social isolation in older adults is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes. In today's digital society, if individuals perceive themselves to be socially isolated, they can take steps to interact with others on social media platforms. Research with younger adults indicates that social media use is positively linked to social isolation. However, less is known about social media use and social isolation in older adults. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the possible association between social isolation and degree of social media use in older adults. Methods: Using Internet sources, we recruited 213 participants (79.8% female; mean age 62.6 years, SD 8.3) who responded to an online survey focusing on living situation, depression, social isolation, and 2 measures of social media use: estimated daily time on social media and problematic social media use. Next, using binary logistic regression, we assessed associations between social isolation and social media use. Results: Our analyses failed to identify a relationship between perceived social isolation and estimated daily time on social media; however, higher problematic social media use was associated with higher perceived social isolation (OR 1.17). Discussion and Conclusion: Although no causal attribution can be made, our findings demonstrate an association between problematic social media use and perceived social isolation in older adults. Researchers conducting social media interventions in older adults should note this potential and monitor maladaptive use of these platforms. Overall, our results provide an important starting point for future studies on social media use and social isolation in older adults.