Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Res Aging. 2024 Feb;46(2):167-175. doi: 10.1177/01640275231206484. Epub 2023 Oct 20.
This study explored whether a sense of control over social life mediated the associations between using remote contact (phone calls, letters/emails, social media) and loneliness for socially isolated older adults. We used path analysis with the 2014 and 2016 Health and Retirement Study datasets ( = 3767). Results showed that more frequent phone calls and letters/emails were associated with lower levels of loneliness through sense of control. However, sense of control did not mediate the association between social media and loneliness. Findings suggest that promoting sense of control over social life by remote contact, particularly phone calls and letters/emails, may be effective in alleviating loneliness for isolated older adults.
本研究探讨了社会生活控制感是否在远程联系（电话、信件/电子邮件、社交媒体）与社交孤立老年人孤独感之间的关系中起中介作用。我们使用了 2014 年和 2016 年健康与退休研究数据集（n = 3767）的路径分析。结果表明，通过控制感，更频繁的电话和信件/电子邮件与较低的孤独感相关。然而，控制感并没有中介社交媒体与孤独感之间的关系。研究结果表明，通过远程联系（特别是电话和信件/电子邮件）增强对社会生活的控制感，可能对缓解孤立老年人的孤独感有效。
