Abstract
This study examined associations between older adult Facebook users’ quality of life (QoL) and their amount of Facebook use, Facebook network characteristics (i.e., network size and percentage of actual friends), and tendency to engage in Facebook relational maintenance behaviors (FRMB). Results from a sample of 472 American adults aged 65+ years revealed a set of small correlations. Minutes per day on Facebook was negatively associated with physical and environmental health. Older adults’ total Facebook network size displayed positive associations with physical, psychological, and social health; meanwhile, their percentage of actual friends on Facebook was positively related to all four dimensions of QoL. Older adults’ FRMBs were positively related to psychological, social, and environmental health.
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