Predictors of computer use in community-dwelling, ethnically diverse older adults

Human Factors

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 431-447

  Werner, Julie M ^a   Carlson, Mike ^a   Jordan Marsh, Maryalice ^a   Clark, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; coping; ethnicity; health; individual differences; psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER USE; COMPUTER-BASED ACTIVITIES; COPING; COPING STRATEGIES; CUSTOMIZABLE; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; ETHNICITY; HISPANICS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OLDER ADULTS; PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL HEALTH; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES; SAMPLE SIZES; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS;

AGING OF MATERIALS; APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; HEALTH; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RELIGION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80053030501     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720811420840     Document Type: Article

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