COVID-19: Technology, Social Connections, Loneliness, and Leisure Activities: An International Study Protocol

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dc.authoridGomez-Leon, Madelin/0000-0003-4512-638X
dc.authoridRosales, Andrea/0000-0001-8506-5126
dc.authoridSilva, Paula Alexandra/0000-0003-1573-7446
dc.authoridQuandt, Thorsten/0000-0003-1937-0282
dc.authoridKo, Pei-Chun/0000-0002-3375-2183
dc.authoridEarle, Sarah/0000-0003-2810-5659
dc.authoridMarston, Hannah R./0000-0002-8018-4166
dc.contributor.authorMarston, Hannah R.
dc.contributor.authorIvan, Loredana
dc.contributor.authorFernandez-Ardevol, Mireia
dc.contributor.authorRosales Climent, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorGomez-Leon, Madelin
dc.contributor.authorBlanche-T, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorEarle, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:47:57Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:47:57Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractDrawn from the stress process model, the pandemic has imposed substantial stress to individual economic and mental well-being and has brought unprecedented disruptions to social life. In light of social distancing measures, and in particular physical distancing because of lockdown policies, the use of digital technologies has been regarded as the alternative to maintain economic and social activities. This paper aims to describe the design and implementation of an online survey created as an urgent, international response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The online survey described here responds to the need of understanding the effects of the pandemic on social interactions/relations and to provide findings on the extent to which digital technology is being utilized by citizens across different communities and countries around the world. It also aims to analyze the association of use of digital technologies with psychological well-being and levels of loneliness. The data will be based on the ongoing survey (comprised of several existing and validated instruments on digital use, psychological well-being and loneliness), open for 3 months after roll out (ends September) across 11 countries (Austria, France, Germany, India, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and UK). Participants include residents aged 18 years and older in the countries and snowball sampling is employed via social media platforms. We anticipate that the findings of the survey will provide useful and much needed information on the prevalence of use and intensities of digital technologies among different age groups, gender, socioeconomic groups in a comparative perspective. Moreover, we expect that the future analysis of the data collected will show that different types of digital technologies and intensities of use are associated with psychological well-being and loneliness. To conclude, these findings from the study are expected to bring in our understanding the role of digital technologies in affecting individual social and emotional connections during a crisis.
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fsoc.2020.574811
dc.identifier.issn2297-7775
dc.identifier.pmid33869500
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85097191663
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.574811
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/25096
dc.identifier.volume5
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000678694800001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFrontiers Media Sa
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Sociology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectgerontology
dc.subjectpandemic (COVID-19)
dc.subjectinternational rapid response
dc.subjectquantitative data
dc.subjectsocial media
dc.subjectgerontechnology
dc.subjectsocial science research
dc.titleCOVID-19: Technology, Social Connections, Loneliness, and Leisure Activities: An International Study Protocol
dc.typeArticle

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