Older adults talk technology: Technology usage and attitudes

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1710-1721

  Mitzner, Tracy L ^a   Boron, Julie B ^b   Fausset, Cara Bailey ^a   Adams, Anne E ^a   Charness, Neil ^c   Czaja, Sara J ^d   Dijkstra, Katinka ^e   Fisk, Arthur D ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^a   Sharit, Joseph ^f  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Home; Older adults; Technology; Work

Indexed keywords

EASE OF USE; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; FOCUS GROUPS; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; HOME; OLDER ADULTS; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY USAGES; TECHNOLOGY USE; WORK;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77956181896     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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