摘要：AbstractThe purpose of this research is to study whether the use of internet could be an effective method for elderly people to cope with the loneliness. In the screening study based on the relationship model, a total of 569 elderly individuals were included. The obtained results showed that higher levels of loneliness in elderly people living alone, more than the elderly using the internet, such as more use of social networks, higher education level concluded that the increase in internet usage and decreased loneliness. In general it could be stated that use of internet has an important place among methods used in dealing with loneliness of mature and adult individuals.
