The purpose of this research was to study the effect of participation in online education on the life satisfaction of the older adult. Life satisfaction was assessed by scores obtained using questions the from Nuegarten, Havighurst, and Tobin (1961 Neugarten , B. L. , Havighusrt , R. J. , & Tobin , S. S. ( 1961 ). The measurement of life satisfaction . Journal of Gerontology , 16 , 134 – 143 .[Crossref], [PubMed] , [Google Scholar]) Life Satisfaction Index-A (LSI-A). Other data was obtained using demographic and procedural questions. Raw data suggested that participation in online education can, in fact, increase life satisfaction. However, when results were tested significance was not determined.An implication of the research is that older adults are positively impacted by even minimal exposure to online education.
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