Social media use improves executive functions in middle-aged and older adults: A structural equation modeling analysis

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Highlights：

• We examined the relations between middle-aged and older adults' social media use and EF.

• We used a structural equation modeling to test a serial mediation model.

• Social support and sense of control serially mediated the relation of social media use with EF.

• Middle-aged and older adults' social media use for social connection is beneficial.

摘要

•We examined the relations between middle-aged and older adults' social media use and EF.•We used a structural equation modeling to test a serial mediation model.•Social support and sense of control serially mediated the relation of social media use with EF.•Middle-aged and older adults' social media use for social connection is beneficial.

论文关键词：Social media use,Executive functions,Social support,Perceived constraints,Older adults

论文评审过程：Received 13 October 2019, Revised 13 March 2020, Accepted 13 April 2020, Available online 14 April 2020, Version of Record 1 May 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106388