Internet Use and Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults in the U.S.: Unraveling the Differences by Gender.
The daily Internet use among older adults has increased. This study examines how Internet usage affects depressive symptoms among older adults, focusing on gender differences. Using data from the 2015 National Health and Aging Trends Study (N = 6380), weighted multinomial logistic regression analysi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Applied Gerontology Vol. 44; no. 9; pp. 1472 - 1483 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Sep2025
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