자료유형 | 학위논문 |
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서명/저자사항 | The Effect of Social Interaction on Isolated Older Adults. |
개인저자 | Robbins, Ruth E. |
단체저자명 | The University of Arizona. Psychology. |
발행사항 | [S.l.]: The University of Arizona., 2018. |
발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018. |
형태사항 | 117 p. |
기본자료 저록 | Dissertation Abstracts International 80-01B(E). Dissertation Abstract International |
ISBN | 9780438312777 |
학위논문주기 | Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2018. |
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-01(E), Section: B.
Adviser: Elizabeth Glisky. |
요약 | In 2050, the population of those aged 65 years and above is projected to be 83.7 million, almost double the estimated population of those 65 and older in 2012 (West, Cole, Goodkind & He, 2014). Therefore, efforts to promote successful aging and |
요약 | Therefore, the current study was designed to expand upon the work of Myhre, Mehl, & Glisky (2016) by recruiting an isolated older adult population to learn and use Facebook. This study compared learning and using Facebook (a cognitive and social |
요약 | A primary aim of the current study was to test whether socially-isolated older adults would achieve greater cognitive and social benefits from learning and using Facebook for 7 weeks than from engaging in purely social interactions for the same |
요약 | Results revealed that data from two cognitive measures, both requiring the executive function of shifting, were numerically in the direction consistent with our hypothesis that learning and using Facebook could improve performance on cognitive f |
일반주제명 | Psychology. |
언어 | 영어 |
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