Attitudes of the Elderly Toward Information and Communications Technologies
Attitudes of the Elderly Toward Information and Communications Technologies
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DOI：
10.1080/03601277.2011.595314
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Viadel, Vicente
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作者：
Gonzalez, Antonio;Paz Ramirez, M.;Viadel, Vicente
老年人学习和使用新技术被认为是他们融入社会的需要，也是与积极老龄化有关的一个因素。本文的目的是了解老年人对信息和通信技术的培训课程的背景下，利用数字平台的态度。这是一项经验研究的结果，抽样调查了在西班牙昆卡省老年人中心参加老年人远程服务课程的240名老年人。通过自填问卷，社会活动，知识和使用的计算机和互联网，对学习和使用计算机技术的期望，个人能力和自我概念的相关方面进行了评估。结果表明，在活动中的含义，与计算机的经验，并相信学习新技术的有用性之间的关系。参加者参与这些活动是因为更多地接触了信息和通信技术，这反过来又使他们对信息和通信技术的学习和利用产生了更积极的态度，并增强了自信心。老年人说，他们参加各种活动是为了学习和保持头脑活跃，他们认为培训是参与社会和终身学习的一种手段。
Learning and using new technologies by the older people is seen as a demand for their integration in society and as a factor related to active aging. The goal of this article is to understand the attitudes of the elderly towards information and communication technologies in the context of a training course about the utilization of a digital platform. It is the result of an empirical study with a sample of 240 older people registered in the course Tele-Services for the Elderly, that took place in the Centers for the Elderly in the province of Cuenca, Spain. Through a self-administered questionnaire, aspects related to social activity, knowledge and use of the computer and Internet, expectations on learning and use of computer technology, personal competence, and self-concept were evaluated. The results obtained showed relationships between implication in the activities, experience with computers, and belief in the usefulness of learning new technologies. The participants' involvement in the activities was related to greater contact with information and communication technologies (ICT), which, in turn, generated more positive attitudes toward its learning and utility as well as more self-confidence. The elderly said that they enrolled in different activities to learn and to keep their minds active, and they thought of training as a means of social participation and lifelong learning.