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Mariano, J., Marques, S., Ramos, M. R., Gerardo, F. & de Vries, H. (2020). Too old for computers? The longitudinal relationship between stereotype threat and computer use by older adults. Frontiers in Psychology. 11

J. M. Mariano et al.,  "Too old for computers? The longitudinal relationship between stereotype threat and computer use by older adults", in Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11, 2020

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	author = "Mariano, J. and Marques, S. and Ramos, M. R. and Gerardo, F. and de Vries, H.",
	title = "Too old for computers? The longitudinal relationship between stereotype threat and computer use by older adults",
	journal = "Frontiers in Psychology",
	year = "2020",
	volume = "11",
	number = "",
	doi = "10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568972",
	url = "https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology#"
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Too old for computers? The longitudinal relationship between stereotype threat and computer use by older adults
T2  - Frontiers in Psychology
VL  - 11
AU  - Mariano, J.
AU  - Marques, S.
AU  - Ramos, M. R.
AU  - Gerardo, F.
AU  - de Vries, H.
PY  - 2020
SN  - 1664-1078
DO  - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568972
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology#
AB  - Besides having lower rates of technology adoption than the general population, older adults are commonly stereotyped as lacking technological ability. Stereotype threat, the fear of confirming negative stereotypes targeting their social group, may lead individuals to distance themselves from the stereotyped domain. This suggests that older adults may underuse computer technology due to stereotype threat. A sample of 86 community-dwelling older adults (M age = 78.47, SD age = 7.92) participated in a two-wave longitudinal study aiming to examine the relationship between stereotype threat and computer use in this age group. An autoregressive cross-lagged panel analysis was conducted using structural equation modeling. As expected, stereotype threat predicted lower levels of computer use a year and a half later. In turn, computer use was unrelated to the later experience of stereotype threat in this domain. These findings suggest that stereotype threat may undermine computer adoption in late adulthood, thus contributing to perpetuate the digital inequalities between younger and older generations.
ER  -