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Elderly Japanese computer users: assessing changes in usage, attitude, and skill transfer over a one-year period

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Changes and interrelations among computer usage, computer attitude, and skill transfer of elderly Japanese computer users were investigated over a one-year period. Each participant, aged 60 to 76 years, was provided with one touchscreen-based computer specialized for e-mail handling for 12 months. Participants’ usage of the computer, mouse and/or keyboard, and computer attitudes were investigated. The results showed that the “Liking” factor of the computer attitude scale was a possible predictor of computer usage. The results suggested the existence of four different types of users’ adaptation to computers, according to a combination of the “Liking” and “Confidence” dimensions of computer attitude.

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    Hiroyuki Umemuro & Yoshiko Shirokane

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Umemuro, H., Shirokane, Y. Elderly Japanese computer users: assessing changes in usage, attitude, and skill transfer over a one-year period. UAIS 2, 305–314 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-003-0049-7

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