Analysis of Mental Health in Cyberspace Elderly Users
Physical, psychological and environmental disorders that people experience in old age facilitate the elderly's tendency to cyberspace and social networks. The purpose of this study is to analyze the mental health in cyberspace elderly users. The method of the present study is qualitative based...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
| Published: |
Allameh Tabataba'i University Press
2021-09-01
|
| Series: | Faṣlnāmah-i Farhang Mushavirah va Ravān/Darmānī |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://qccpc.atu.ac.ir/article_12896_4d47fb727e35a3dcbe65c9a8e65571b3.pdf |
| _version_ | 1797377399664410624 |
|---|---|
| author | mohadeseh Moslehi Ebrahim Naeimi mahdi vahedi |
| author_facet | mohadeseh Moslehi Ebrahim Naeimi mahdi vahedi |
| author_sort | mohadeseh Moslehi |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Physical, psychological and environmental disorders that people experience in old age facilitate the elderly's tendency to cyberspace and social networks. The purpose of this study is to analyze the mental health in cyberspace elderly users. The method of the present study is qualitative based on the Phenomenology. The population of the study included all men and women over 65 years from Tehran. Sampling method was purposive & chain sampling in which 6 elderly women and men were selected in order to participate in the study and interviewed as well as analyzed. All interviews were recorded and finally analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's systematic analysis method (1990). They took refuge in cyberspace to escape from these afflictions. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted. The analysis of the interviewees' statements resulted in identifying 19 open codes and five central codes (loneliness perception, elderly absurdity, unrealistic attitudes, wandering in life, and excitement immersion). These findings indicate the prevalence of a range of psychological disorders in the elderly, which revealed the need to pay attention to this dimension as well as the design of educational and treatment programs to reduce these disorders. The statements of the interviewees also indicated the fact that cyberspace and drowning in it were not the cause of these discomforts, but the group took refuge in cyberspace to escape from these discomforts. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-08T19:53:02Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-39a7bf7a2e474864b1214f4e848b56be |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2345-6051 2476-6178 |
| language | fas |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-08T19:53:02Z |
| publishDate | 2021-09-01 |
| publisher | Allameh Tabataba'i University Press |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Faṣlnāmah-i Farhang Mushavirah va Ravān/Darmānī |
| spelling | doaj.art-39a7bf7a2e474864b1214f4e848b56be2023-12-24T07:29:48ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressFaṣlnāmah-i Farhang Mushavirah va Ravān/Darmānī2345-60512476-61782021-09-0112479712210.22054/qccpc.2021.60971.270412896Analysis of Mental Health in Cyberspace Elderly Usersmohadeseh Moslehi0Ebrahim Naeimi1mahdi vahedi2MCs, Rehabilitation Counseling, Allameh Tabatabayi University, Tehran, Iran.Assistant Professor Department of Counseling Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences Allameh Tabataba'i UniversityAssistant Professor, Department of Educational Technology, Allameh Tabatabayi University, Tehran, IranPhysical, psychological and environmental disorders that people experience in old age facilitate the elderly's tendency to cyberspace and social networks. The purpose of this study is to analyze the mental health in cyberspace elderly users. The method of the present study is qualitative based on the Phenomenology. The population of the study included all men and women over 65 years from Tehran. Sampling method was purposive & chain sampling in which 6 elderly women and men were selected in order to participate in the study and interviewed as well as analyzed. All interviews were recorded and finally analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's systematic analysis method (1990). They took refuge in cyberspace to escape from these afflictions. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted. The analysis of the interviewees' statements resulted in identifying 19 open codes and five central codes (loneliness perception, elderly absurdity, unrealistic attitudes, wandering in life, and excitement immersion). These findings indicate the prevalence of a range of psychological disorders in the elderly, which revealed the need to pay attention to this dimension as well as the design of educational and treatment programs to reduce these disorders. The statements of the interviewees also indicated the fact that cyberspace and drowning in it were not the cause of these discomforts, but the group took refuge in cyberspace to escape from these discomforts.https://qccpc.atu.ac.ir/article_12896_4d47fb727e35a3dcbe65c9a8e65571b3.pdfmental healthcyberspaceelderly |
| spellingShingle | mohadeseh Moslehi Ebrahim Naeimi mahdi vahedi Analysis of Mental Health in Cyberspace Elderly Users Faṣlnāmah-i Farhang Mushavirah va Ravān/Darmānī mental health cyberspace elderly |
| title | Analysis of Mental Health in Cyberspace Elderly Users |
| title_full | Analysis of Mental Health in Cyberspace Elderly Users |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of Mental Health in Cyberspace Elderly Users |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Mental Health in Cyberspace Elderly Users |
| title_short | Analysis of Mental Health in Cyberspace Elderly Users |
| title_sort | analysis of mental health in cyberspace elderly users |
| topic | mental health cyberspace elderly |
| url | https://qccpc.atu.ac.ir/article_12896_4d47fb727e35a3dcbe65c9a8e65571b3.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mohadesehmoslehi analysisofmentalhealthincyberspaceelderlyusers AT ebrahimnaeimi analysisofmentalhealthincyberspaceelderlyusers AT mahdivahedi analysisofmentalhealthincyberspaceelderlyusers |