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To trust or not to trust: a qualitative study of older adults’ online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic
Online communication is an effective solution to the social isolation of older adults that can result from attempts to avoid COVID-19 transmission, but they may not be familiar with virtual identities in online communication and struggle to develop trusting relationships. We address this dilemma in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019798/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10660-023-09679-4 |
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author | Cheng, Xusen Qiao, Liyang Yang, Bo Han, Ruixue |
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description | Online communication is an effective solution to the social isolation of older adults that can result from attempts to avoid COVID-19 transmission, but they may not be familiar with virtual identities in online communication and struggle to develop trusting relationships. We address this dilemma in this study by using qualitative methods including semi-structured interviews. We employ the social exchange theory and trust transfer theory to develop a conceptual model from three perspectives: the characteristics of the trustor, those of the trustee, and their shared factors. We find that trust is moderated by social isolation and health concerns experienced by older adults during the pandemic and that outcomes associated with trust building include satisfaction, reliance, and loyalty. The findings enrich our understanding of the mental health of older adults and online interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and can be extended to similar contexts in which long-term isolation is necessary. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10660-023-09679-4. |
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spelling | pubmed-100197982023-03-17 To trust or not to trust: a qualitative study of older adults’ online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic Cheng, Xusen Qiao, Liyang Yang, Bo Han, Ruixue Electron Commer Res Article Online communication is an effective solution to the social isolation of older adults that can result from attempts to avoid COVID-19 transmission, but they may not be familiar with virtual identities in online communication and struggle to develop trusting relationships. We address this dilemma in this study by using qualitative methods including semi-structured interviews. We employ the social exchange theory and trust transfer theory to develop a conceptual model from three perspectives: the characteristics of the trustor, those of the trustee, and their shared factors. We find that trust is moderated by social isolation and health concerns experienced by older adults during the pandemic and that outcomes associated with trust building include satisfaction, reliance, and loyalty. The findings enrich our understanding of the mental health of older adults and online interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and can be extended to similar contexts in which long-term isolation is necessary. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10660-023-09679-4. Springer US 2023-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10019798/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10660-023-09679-4 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Cheng, Xusen Qiao, Liyang Yang, Bo Han, Ruixue To trust or not to trust: a qualitative study of older adults’ online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | To trust or not to trust: a qualitative study of older adults’ online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | To trust or not to trust: a qualitative study of older adults’ online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | To trust or not to trust: a qualitative study of older adults’ online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | To trust or not to trust: a qualitative study of older adults’ online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | To trust or not to trust: a qualitative study of older adults’ online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | to trust or not to trust: a qualitative study of older adults’ online communication during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019798/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10660-023-09679-4 |
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