Song Yajun, Chen Yan-Yan
Department of Social Work, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Department of Social Work, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Australas J Ageing. 2019 Sep;38(3):e85-e92. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12668. Epub 2019 May 11.
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.
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.
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.
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.
以技术接受与使用统一理论（UTAUT）为指导，本研究探讨了中国城市中年成年人对信息通信技术（ICT）的使用情况及预期。
对401名年龄在45至65岁之间的参与者的数据进行路径分析，以检验预期的ICT支持与ICT接受和采用过程之间的关联。
对于临近老年的中年成年人，那些对ICT有用性有更强信念且在ICT使用上获得更多社会支持的人，更有可能预期在老年时获得更多的ICT支持。在中年早期人群中未发现这些关联。
ICT使用频率可能是不同ICT预测因素和模式的关键解释。UTAUT的构成要素是循序渐进的步骤。中年成年人可能相信ICT的有用性，即使他们并未亲自见证过。
