title: Media Use, Cognitive Performance, and Life Satisfaction of the Chinese Elderly.
abstract: Media use and aging is an important interdisciplinary topic pertaining to communication, gerontology, and psychology, among others. Integrating research on media-induced recovery and life satisfaction, the present study examined media uses and effects in the context of health and aging. Specifically, data from a large random sample were analyzed to investigate the relationships between media use, cognitive performance, and life satisfaction among the Chinese elderly. Results, in general, lent support to the slightly modified structural model. Specifically, media-induced recovery outcomes can be categorized into proximate (e.g., cognitive performance), intermediate (e.g., health satisfaction), and distal levels (e.g., life satisfaction). Also, situational factors (e.g., disease history) had statistically significant effects on media-induced recovery outcomes. Theoretical and practical implications of the research findings were discussed, and future research directions were suggested.
authors.affiliation: a School of Journalism , Fudan University.
authors.forename: Shaojing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: b Department of Communication , Sam Houston State University.
authors.forename: Shuangyue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: c Faculty of Education , University of Macau.
authors.forename: Xitao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D003071:Cognition; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013690:Television