Computer use has no demonstrated impact on the well-being of older adults

被引：134

作者：

Dickinson, Anna ^{[1
]}

Gregor, Peter ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER STUDIES | 2006年 / 64卷 / 08期

关键词：

older adults; computer use; well-being;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijhcs.2006.03.001

中图分类号：

TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Technology is frequently presented as a panacea for the support needs of the ageing population, based in part upon the commonly cited assertion that computer and internet use has an empirically verified positive effect on the well-being of older people. In this paper we review the studies that this assertion is based on and conclude that they do not support it. While the original studies rarely make unsupportable claims, the secondary literature which cites them is frequently very misleading; limitations include, failure to distinguish between the effects of training/support and computer use; misattributing causality; inappropriately generalising results from a different population. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：744 / 753

页数：10

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