Partner influences on ICT use variety among middle-aged and older adults: The role of need for cognition

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Highlights：

• Past research identified many individual predictors of varied ICT use; few studies have examined partner characteristics.

• Having a partner high in NFC was associated with more variety in ICT ownership, ICT financial use, and miscellaneous ICT use.

• Partner NFC was not significantly associated with the variety of using social technology and internet-enabling ICTs.

• Having a partner high in NFC compensated for having low levels of NFC among individuals.

• This exploratory study found relatively weak but suggestive evidence for partner influences on variety of ICT use.

摘要

•Past research identified many individual predictors of varied ICT use; few studies have examined partner characteristics.•Having a partner high in NFC was associated with more variety in ICT ownership, ICT financial use, and miscellaneous ICT use.•Partner NFC was not significantly associated with the variety of using social technology and internet-enabling ICTs.•Having a partner high in NFC compensated for having low levels of NFC among individuals.•This exploratory study found relatively weak but suggestive evidence for partner influences on variety of ICT use.

论文关键词：Need for cognition,Dyadic influence,Health and retirement study,Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology,Actor-partner interdependence model

论文评审过程：Received 7 November 2020, Revised 6 September 2021, Accepted 21 September 2021, Available online 22 September 2021, Version of Record 24 September 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107028