TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Internet use and psychological well-being at advanced age: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Quintana, David
A1  - Cervantes, Alejandro
A1  - Sáez, Yago
A1  - Isasi, Pedro
SP  - e15030480
EP  - e15030480
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
N2  - This work explores the connection between psychological well-being and Internet use in older adults. The study is based on a sample of 2314 participants in the English Longitudinal Study of Aging. The subjects, aged 50 years and older, were interviewed every two years over the 2006-2007 to 2014-2015 period. The connection between the use of Internet/Email and the main dimensions of psychological well-being (evaluative, hedonic and eudaimonic) was analyzed by means of three generalized estimating equation models that were fitted on 2-year lagged repeated measurements. The outcome variables, the scores on three well-being scales, were explained in terms of Internet/Email use, controlling for covariates that included health and socioeconomic indicators. The results support the existence of a direct relationship between Internet/Email use and psychological well-being. The connection between the main predictor and the score of the participants on the scale used to measure the eudaimonic aspect was positive and statistically significant at conventional levels (<i>p</i>-value: 0.015). However, the relevance of digital literacy on the evaluative and the hedonic components could not be confirmed (<i>p</i>-values for evaluative and hedonic dimensions were 0.078 and 0.192, respectively).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030480
ID  - ref1
ER  -