A 4-week social media training workshop improved inhibitory control within the intervention group of older adults, with a large effect over the full study period¶

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q2 i3 Intervention participants improved in inhibitory control both during the workshop (d = .555) and over the entire 4-month study period (d = 2.176). → Kelly Quinn 2018

Evidence¶

Kelly Quinn 2018¶

Kelly Quinn. (2018). Cognitive Effects of Social Media Use: A Case of Older Adults. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118787203

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Within-group dependent t-tests in a randomized wait-list controlled study of 34 novice older adult social media users (17 intervention, 17 control) measured with the California Older Adult Stroop Test. The article reports "d = 2.176" over the full period, while noting "some of this change might be attributed to practice effects."

"The improvement in inhibitory function scores for the intervention group occurred both over the period in which the workshop was conducted (t16 = 2.289, p = .036, d = .555) as well as over the entire study period (t16 = 8.97, p < .001, d = 2.176)."

Discussion¶

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