Digital Dialogues: On the potential of digital communication tools to improve the social connectedness of older adults

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• 2025

  Social connectedness in older adults: The potential of social internet use to maintain a strong and stable personal network

  Janssen, J. H. M., van Tilburg, T. G., van Ingen, E. J., Corten, R. & Peeters, G. M. E. E., Apr 2025, In: Journal of Gerontology. Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 80, 4, 9 p., gbaf014.

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  • Internet Use 100%
  • Older Adults 100%
  • Personal Networks 100%
  • Social Connectedness 100%
  • Social Internet 100%

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• The relationships between social internet use, social contact, and loneliness in older adults

  Janssen, J. H. M., van Tilburg, T. G., van Ingen, E. J., Corten, R., Peeters, G. M. E. E. & Olde Rikkert, M. G. M., 12 Jul 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 12 p., 25230.

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  • Social Loneliness 100%
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• 2024

  Social gaming to decrease loneliness in older adults: Recruitment challenges and attrition analysis in a digital mixed methods feasibility study

  Châtel, B. D. L., Janssen, J. H. M., Peeters, G. M. E. E., Corten, R., Tieben, R., Deen, M., Hendriks, E. J. M. & Olde Rikkert, M. G. M., 2024, In: JMIR Serious Games. 12, e52640.

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  • Older Adults 100%
  • Loneliness 100%
  • Social Gaming 100%
  • Recruitment Challenges 100%
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• 2023

  A Digital Gaming Intervention to Strengthen the Social Networks of Older Dutch Adults: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of a Digitally Conducted Randomized Controlled Trial

  Janssen, J., Châtel, B., den Heijer, N., Tieben, R., Deen, M., Corten, R., Peeters, G. & Olde Rikkert, M., 2023, In: JMIR Formative Research. 11 p., e45173.

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• Improving the Social Connectedness of Older Adults Through Digital Social Gaming - A Pilot Study

  Janssen, J. H. M., van Es, V. E., Châtel, B. D. L., Tieben, R., Deen, M., Olde Rikkert, M. G. M. & Peeters, G. M. E. E., 7 Oct 2023, In: Journal of technology in behavioral science.

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• Older Adults’ Views on Social Interactions and Online Socializing Games – A Qualitative Study

  Janssen, J. H. M., Kremers, E. M., Nieuwboer, M. S., Châtel, B. D. L., Corten, R., Olde Rikkert, M. G. M. & Peeters, G. M. E. E., 17 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Gerontological Social Work. p. 274-290

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  • Gaming 33%
  • Social Support 33%

• 2022

  The psychosocial adaptability of independently living older adults to COVID‐19 related social isolation in the Netherlands: A qualitative study

  Kremers, E. M., Janssen, J. H. M., Nieuwboer, M. S., Olde Rikkert, M. G. M. & Peeters, G. M. E. E., Jan 2022, In: Health & Social Care in the Community.

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