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Information and communication technology among early and late middle‐aged adults in urban China: Daily use and anticipated support in old age
Author(s) -
Song Yajun,
Chen YanYan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/ajag.12668
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , china , psychology , shanghai china , middle age , developmental psychology , computer science , political science , geography , artificial intelligence , regional science , world wide web , law
Objectives Guided by the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology ( UTAUT ), the study explored information and communications technology ( ICT ) use and anticipation among middle‐aged adults in urban China. Methods Path analysis was performed on data from 401 participants aged 45‐65 to examine the associations between anticipated ICT support and the acceptance and adoption process of ICT . Results For the late middle‐aged adults, those who had greater belief in ICT usefulness and received more social support for ICT use were more likely to anticipate greater ICT support in old age. These associations were not found in the early middle‐aged group. Discussion The frequency of ICT use may be the key explanation for different ICT predictors and patterns. The constructs of UTAUT are sequential steps. Middle‐aged adults may believe in ICT usefulness even though they have not witnessed it in person.