Exploring the impact of online social participation on loneliness in older adults: Evidence from The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Management, Binghamton University, Binghamton, USA;2. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;3. School of Business, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA;1. Royal Holloway, University of London, School of Business and Management, London, UK;2. Seeburg Castle University, Faculty of Management, Seekirchen, Austria;3. Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Economics & Management, Bolzano, Italy;4. University of Johannesburg, Department of Business Management, Johannesburg, South Africa;1. Asia Europe Business School, Faculty of Economics and Management, East China Normal University, 155 Tanjiatang Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200241, China;2. Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Balaclava Rd, Macquarie Park, NSW 2109, Australia;1. Information Systems and Digital Transformation, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany;2. Information Systems and Digital Society Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany;3. Research Data & Methods, Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), Bochum, Germany, Digital Communication and Transformation, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany;1. Austral University of Chile, Institute of Management and Industry, Los Pinos s/n, Balneario Pelluco, 5480000 Puerto Montt, Chile;2. IME and Department of Business Administration, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Edificio FES, 37007 Salamanca, Spain |
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| Abstract: | As individuals age, mental and physical impairment can emerge and impact their well-being. Previous research on social participation in older adults has typically focused on specific activities or failed to distinguish between different forms of participation. In contrast, we propose that social participation is a resource optimization process for older adults, where various forms of participation must be optimized in order to improve well-being outcomes. Drawing on Selective Optimization with Compensation theory, we develop hypotheses on how older adults with cognitive decline select and optimize their social participation profile and how multiple modes of participation synergistically affect their perceived loneliness. Using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), we test a polynomial model and find that online social participation has a U-shaped effect on loneliness, while personal-oriented offline social participation mitigates this effect. We also find that the impact of social participation modes varies considerably between younger and older groups. Our findings suggest implications for the design of integrative aging support programs and the use of ICT to promote mental well-being in different stages of advanced age. |
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| Keywords: | Online social participation Loneliness Older adults CLSA Polynomial modeling |
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