Computer-Mediated Social Support, Older Adults, and Coping.

By Kevin B. Wright. 2000

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Subfields: Demography, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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An Empirical Study of Online Supports among Patients (2010, neutral): “Family relationships can become strained and support withdrawn because of the various burdens that stem from the disease (Weinberg et al. 1995, Wright 2000).”
Social Networks, Interpersonal Social Support, and Health Outcomes: A Health Communication Perspective (2016, background): “…researchers have also identified potential negative aspects of online support communities, including flaming and delayed feedback, shortterm participation, negative social comparisons, and credibility issues surrounding the sharing of health information (Wright, 2000b; Wright and Bell, 2003).”
Using Media for Coping: A Scoping Review (2020, background): “There was also an emphasis on social support (22%), for example, when the buffering hypothesis (Cohen & Wills, 1985), which proposes that social support reduces negative effects of stress, served as the theoretical foundation (6%; e.g., Wright, 2000).”
Internet Use and Psychological Well-being: A Meta-Analysis (2009, neutral): “Some researchers 25–27 have proposed that user age moderates the relationship between Internet use and psychological well-being.”
Promoting older adults’ well-being through Internet training and use (2007, background): “Wright (2000) examined the effects of older people’s participation in online support groups and online communities and argued that high degree of participation in these activities contributed to social relationships as well as to increasing this population’s direct action in coping with…”
The internet and social life. (2004, background): “And Wright (2000) showed that among older adults using SeniorNet and other on-line support websites for the elderly, greater participation in the express important aspects of one’s identity, then, people will be especially likely to turn to Internet groups when embarrassment or lack of mobility…”
Multiple determinants of life quality: the roles of Internet activities, use of new media, social support, and leisure activities (2005, background): “…social support in the computer-mediated environment for well-bodied people and found that older adult Internet users reported higher satisfaction with Internet providers of social support; and greater involvement with an online community was predictive of lower perceived life stress (Wright, 2000).”
INTERNET USE AMONG YOUNG AND OLDER ADULTS: RELATION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING (2002, background): “Similarly, another study by Wright (2000) found positive in uences of maintaining ‘‘Internet relationships’’ (de ned as exclusively computer-mediated relationships formed by older adults within online communities and chat rooms) on older adults’ psychological well-being.”
The information aged: A qualitative study of older adults' use of information and communications technology (2004, background): “Empirical studies have also found use of the Internet to lead older adults to lower perceived life stress (e.g., Wright, 2000).”
Loneliness, social support, and preference for online social interaction: the mediating effects of identity experimentation online among children and adolescents (2011, background): “Social relationships and social support are potent variables that can reduce exposure to stress, promote health, and buffer the impact of stress on health, thus contributing to increases in various degrees of preference for online social support (Leung, 2007 , 2009 ; Wright, 2000 ).”