‘I feel less lonely’: what older people say about participating in a social networking website

By A. Ballantyne, Luke Trenwith, S. Zubrinich, Megan Corlis. 2010

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Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among older people: an integrative review (2018, methodology): “…Ltd4 All but two of the social facilitation interventions reported some success in reducing social isolation or loneliness (Cant & Taket 2005, Tse & Howie 2005, Stevens et al. 2006, Cohen-Mansfield et al. 2007, Ballantyne et al. 2010, Tsai et al. 2010, Hemingway & Jack 2013, Alaviani et al. 2015).”
Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology (2015, background): “Importantly, she maintains that the reflexive process at the interface between agency and structure takes place at the individual level in private.”
Investigating the effectiveness of technologies applied to assist seniors: A systematic literature review (2016, unknown): “Studies report that the experience of social isolation in older people has increased and clearly has negative effects on older adults’ health, wellbeing and quality of life [6,10].”