Leisure and Psychological Well-being of the Elderly: Nexus of Mass Media and Modern Technology
Keywords:
Psychological Well-being, Leisure Activities, Mass Media, Modern Technology, Elder Care.Abstract
This paper attempts to analyze elderly psychological well-being in terms of modern technology and mass media in Pakistan. As the latest century witnessed phenomenological growth of technological advancement and the addition of scientific knowledge that changed the health of Pakistani people as well as in all over the world. Several number of social workers and sociologists are working in the field of elder care. An explanatory quantitative study was conducted with 520 elder people interviews. They were drawn from urban localities of the Punjab province by using a proportionate random sampling technique and a survey method was used as a technique of data collection. The study showed that both modern technology and mass media are positively associated with leisure cum recreational activities, regardless of individual and household characteristics. It has similar positive effects of technology and media on progressive views regarding elderly psychological well-being, and these effects largely persist after controlling for recreational activities. Psychological well-being and recreation activities, together with mass media and technological development, have brought several new challenges to the elderly in Pakistan.
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