Survey on Social Media Use and Exercise Habits in Older Adults, N=1119

1,119 individuals aged 60 and above were surveyed using scales for Social Media Use, Exercise Habits, Active Coping Strategies, and Perceived Social Support. The dataset contains results from a cross-sectional study analyzing the mediating roles of coping and support between social media use and exercise habits. It was authored by Qiu Jie and last updated on 2026-05-11.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between social media use and exercise habits based on survey scale scores.
• Test mediation models for health behavior based on the described chain of active coping strategies and perceived social support.
• Study psychological mechanisms in older adult populations based on the measured constructs of coping and support.

Strengths

• Dataset includes survey results from 1,119 participants.
• Explicitly measures four key psychological and behavioral constructs: Social Media Use, Exercise Habits, Active Coping Strategies, and Perceived Social Support.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey using convenience sampling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 17:41:25; freshness should be verified.