Social Media Communication and Loneliness Among Older Adults: The Mediating Roles of Social Support and Social Contact.
Kunyu ZhangKyungmin KimNina M SilversteinQian SongJeffrey A BurrPublished in: The Gerontologist (2021)
These findings suggested that social media communication may be considered an intervention to reduce loneliness among older people by increasing levels of social support and social contact.