PREDICTING OLDER ADULTS’ CONTINUED COMPUTER USE AFTER INITIAL ADOPTION
Shenghao Zhang, Walter Boot · 2023
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Shenghao Zhang and Walter Boot tracked what keeps older adults using computers after first adoption in a 2023 study. Digital tools can help later life, but only if people stick with them. The study followed the computer arm of a year-long field trial, with 150 adults averaging seventy-six years old.
Feelings about usefulness, ease, interest, skill confidence, and anxiety were measured at the start, middle, and end. Change patterns varied widely from person to person. Shifts in usefulness, ease, interest, confidence, and anxiety moved together with shifts in use, but none of them forecast later use. The authors say the standard acceptance toolkit fails past the adoption moment. New work should find what truly sustains use in older adults.
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| CREATOR | Shenghao Zhang, Walter Boot |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |