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Enhancing computer self-efficacy and attitudes in multi-ethnic older adults
— a randomised controlled study | | Author(s) | Luciana Lagana, Taylor Oliver, Andrew Ainsworth, Marc Edwards |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 6, August 2011 |
| Pages | pp 911-933 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Computers ; Competence ; Attitude ; Well being ; Ethnic groups [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | The chief aim of this longitudinal study was to test and refine a new 22-item measure of computer technology attitudes designed specifically for older adults. Another aim was to replicate, on a much larger scale, the successful findings of a preliminary study that tested a computer technology training programme for older adults. 96 older men and women, mainly from ethnic minority backgrounds, were randomly assigned to the waitlist/control or the experimental group. The same six-week, one-on-one training was administered to the control subjects at the completion of their post-test. The revised (17-item) version of the Older Adults' Computer Technology Attitudes Scale (OACTAS) showed strong reliability: the results of a factor analysis were robust, and two analyses of covariance demonstrated that the training programme induced significant changes in attitudes and self-efficacy. Such results encourage the recruitment of older persons into training programmes aimed at increasing computer technology attitudes and self-efficacy. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110721010 A |
| Classmark | 3O: DPB: DP: D:F:5HH: F:TK: 3J |
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