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Mobile phone communication in social support networks of older adults in SloveniaPetrovčič, Andraž ...Mobile phones have gained an important role in the personal communication of older adults with the members of their social support networks. Research shows that older adults increasingly use the ... mobile phone for maintenance and development of social interactions with their family members, peers, and caregivers as providers of emotional support and social companionship. Therefore, this study explores how retired older adults in Slovenia use mobile phones as personal devices for supportive communication as well as how the characteristics of their social support networks are related to the frequency of mobile phone communication with their network members. Using ego-centered social support network data, collected on a nationwide representative sample of retired older adults in Slovenia, this study found that the composition of emotional support and social companionship networks scarcely predict the frequency of mobile phone communication of older adults with their network members. Conversely, according to the results, it seems that more frequent in-person and landline phone communication with network members are positively associated with mobile phone communication, suggesting that older adults extend their communication sphere with a mobile phone in their support networks. Finally, the results indicate that sociodemographic characteristics of older adults, such as age, social-economic status, and living alone, significantly determine the frequency of mobile communication with their network members, even though their magnitude varies depending on the type of social support network.Source: Telematics and informatics. - ISSN 0736-5853 (Vol. 32, no. 4, Nov. 2015, str. 642-655)Type of material - article, component partPublish date - 2015Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 33244509
Author
Petrovčič, Andraž |
Fortunati, Leopoldina |
Vehovar, Vasja |
Kavčič, Matic, 1981- |
Dolničar, Vesna, 1977-
Topics
Družbena omrežja |
Social networks |
Socialna opora |
Social support |
Medosebno komuniciranje |
Interpersonal communication |
Mobilni telefoni |
Cellular telephones |
Starostniki |
Older people |
Slovenija |
Slovenia |
emotional support |
social companionship |
social support networks
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Petrovčič, Andraž | 27574 |
Fortunati, Leopoldina | |
Vehovar, Vasja | 10155 |
Kavčič, Matic, 1981- | 28323 |
Dolničar, Vesna, 1977- | 23424 |
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