Digital Inequality and Internet Self‐Efficacy in Adults With Intellectual Disability: Motivational, Demographic and Contextual Predictors of Online Participation
Sarah Glencross, Jonathan Mason · 2026
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Sarah Glencross and Jonathan Mason study digital inequality among adults with intellectual disability in a 2026 paper. Many such adults face steep barriers to taking part online. The authors ask how drive, background, and setting shape a person's confidence in using the internet, known as internet self-efficacy.
Structured interviews covered ninety-six adults with mild or moderate intellectual disability and forty-nine adults without, across city and regional Australia. Those with disability reported far lower confidence, above all when older, living in regional areas, or lacking support staff. Drive and beliefs explained only a small share of confidence in the disability group, but a larger share in the comparison group. The authors suggest support programs built on behavior theory to grow skills and steady online participation.
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| CREATOR | Sarah Glencross, Jonathan Mason |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |