Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology, Idaho State University, Pocatello.
School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, St. Paul.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2017 Sep 1;72(5):836-845. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbw123.
To examine how information and communication technology (ICT) access and use are conceptually incorporated in the Successful Aging 2.0 framework.
Using data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study (N = 6,476), we examined how ICT access and use for different purposes are associated with social engagement (i.e., informal and formal social participation) by gender. Weighted logistic regression analyses were performed.
Findings revealed that men were more likely to access and use ICT than women. ICT access was positively associated with all types of women's social engagement, but only with men's informal social participation. Information technology (IT) use for health matters was positively associated with formal social participation for women and with informal social participation for men. IT use for personal tasks was negatively associated with formal social participation for older adults. Communication technology use was positively associated with formal and informal social participation for women and men.
This study supports the expansion of the successful aging model by incorporating ICT access and use. Further, it assists in the identification of specific technologies that promote active engagement in later life for women and men.
考察信息和通信技术（ICT）的获取和使用如何在成功老龄化 2.0 框架中得到概念性的体现。
利用 2011 年国家健康老龄化趋势研究（N=6476）的数据，我们按性别检验了不同目的的 ICT 获取和使用与社会参与（即非正式和正式的社会参与）之间的关系。采用加权逻辑回归分析。
研究结果表明，男性比女性更有可能获取和使用 ICT。ICT 访问与所有类型的女性社会参与都呈正相关，但仅与男性的非正式社会参与呈正相关。信息技术（IT）用于健康事务与女性的正式社会参与以及男性的非正式社会参与呈正相关。IT 用于个人任务与老年人的正式社会参与呈负相关。通信技术的使用与女性和男性的正式和非正式社会参与都呈正相关。
本研究通过纳入信息和通信技术的获取和使用，支持了成功老龄化模型的扩展。此外，它有助于确定促进女性和男性晚年积极参与的特定技术。
