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    The Impact of Ageism on the E-Leisure of Older People in Chile
    (2021) Rosell Cisternas, Javiera; Vergés, Álvaro
    Empirical studies show that leisure activities are relevant to the wellbeing of the older population. Thus, online leisure, or E-leisure, can be a usefultool for engagement in leisure activities, providing multiple possibilities. In thisway, the study of those factors that promote or hinder E-leisure is relevant, sinceit will allow the generation of adequate interventions to promote online leisure.Additionally, it has been observed that self-efficacy regarding Internet use is animportant aspect for its adoption by older people. Therefore, those who have agreater perception of being capable of using the Internet do it more frequently.Also, ageism is one of the factors influencing the well-being of older adults,especially self-efficacy. In this context, the present study explores the relationshipbetween ageism and E-leisure, considering self-efficacy regarding Internet useas a mediator. For this purpose, a mediation model was performed with the dataof 677 Chilean Internet users over 60 years old. Results showed that ageism isnegatively related to E-leisure, and self-efficacy plays a mediating role in thisrelationship. Consequently, those with higher ageism levels reported less selfefficacy for technology use and thus had less involvement in E-leisure activities.
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    The Relationship Between Social Participation and Internet Addiction in Older Persons
    (2020) Rosell Cisternas, Javiera; Vergés, Álvaro
    The addiction to technology of older persons is an emerging field,because the literature tends to focus only on the benefits of the use of technologyin this age group. Along with this, there is interest in how participation improvesthe quality of life of older persons. In this context, the present study aims to examine the association between the level of participation of older individuals and theiraddictive behaviors to Internet, including lack of control and emotional deregulation. All this, considering the social influence for the use of the Internet as amediator of this relationship. For this, 151 older Internet users answered a set ofquestions about internet addiction, level of participation, and social influence forthe use of technology. A structural equation modeling was carried out to evaluatethe mediation model. The results show that the level of participation is indirectlyassociated with the two dimensions of Internet addiction, via the social influencethat promotes the use of technology. This has important implications in the development of interventions that encourage Internet use in older persons, decreasingaddictive behaviors that could emerge as the use of technology becomes morecommon.