School of Health and Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden.
Aging Ment Health. 2012;16(1):119-26. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2011.602958. Epub 2011 Aug 2.
This article investigated factors associated with internet usage in the Swedish older adults ranging in age from 60 to 96. Personality traits and individual characteristics have been previously noted to influence internet usage, where older adults have not been the focus population. In this study, the relationships between personality, individual characteristics and internet usage were investigated.
A descriptive analysis of the personality tests of a total of 1402 subjects included in the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care was conducted. Three variables were controlled for: sex, age and education. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, chi-square tests and a logistic regression were used in order to detect the relationships with internet usage.
Men differ significantly from women in the personality traits analysis. Those with higher education were more open and neuroticism was lower in the oldest older adults. Internet usage declined significantly with age and those with middle to higher education were using the internet the most. No other associations with internet use were found.
Personality traits and individual characteristics do not seem to influence the Swedish older adult and their internet usage. What one needs to account for is the age and education of the person. The more educated and the youngest cohorts were using the internet more frequently.
本研究旨在调查瑞典 60-96 岁老年人上网的相关因素。先前有研究表明，人格特质和个体特征会影响上网行为，但老年人并不是这些研究的关注人群。本研究旨在调查人格特质、个体特征与上网行为之间的关系。
对瑞典国家老龄化和护理研究中纳入的 1402 名受试者的人格测试进行描述性分析。控制了三个变量：性别、年龄和教育。使用描述性统计、Mann-Whitney 和 Kruskal-Wallis 检验、卡方检验和逻辑回归来检测与上网行为的关系。
男性在人格特质分析中与女性存在显著差异。在年龄最大的老年人中，受教育程度较高的人更开放，神经质程度更低。上网行为随年龄显著下降，具有中等及以上教育程度的人上网最为频繁。未发现其他与上网行为相关的因素。
人格特质和个体特征似乎不会影响瑞典老年人及其上网行为。需要考虑的是个人的年龄和教育程度。受教育程度较高和最年轻的人群更频繁地使用互联网。
