Individual difference predictors of ICT use in older adulthood: A study of 17 candidate characteristics

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Highlights：

• Previous research is mixed on which psychosocial constructs predict ICT adoption.

• We examined 17 constructs for predicting ICT use in a sample of 595 older adults.

• Need for cognition, mastery, optimism, and cynical hostility were predictors.

• Need for cognition predicted perceiving more benefits which predicted greater use.

摘要

•Previous research is mixed on which psychosocial constructs predict ICT adoption.•We examined 17 constructs for predicting ICT use in a sample of 595 older adults.•Need for cognition, mastery, optimism, and cynical hostility were predictors.•Need for cognition predicted perceiving more benefits which predicted greater use.

论文关键词：ICT,Individual differences,Health and Retirement Study,Technology,Personality

论文评审过程：Received 2 April 2017, Revised 6 August 2017, Accepted 8 August 2017, Available online 8 August 2017, Version of Record 17 August 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.014