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Title
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English:Older adults' hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in information and communication technology activities 
Author
Japanese: 張 嘉, 梅室 博行.  
English: Jia Zhang, Hiroyuki Umemuro.  
Language English 
Journal/Book name
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English:Gerontechnology 
Volume, Number, Page vol. 10    no. 4    pp. 231-243
Published date May 2012 
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Official URL http://gerontechnology.info/index.php/journal/pages/view/journal
 
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4017/gt.2012.10.4.004.00
Abstract Purpose of the study This research examined whether older adults' hedonic and eudaimonic well-being during information and communication technology (ICT) activities are associated with their experiences in daily life activities, and investigated whether perceived usefulness, daily life well-being and computer attitudes can be used to predict hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in ICT usage. Methods The sample comprised 84 older adults aged 61 to 86 years living in Japan. A battery of questionnaires was used to assess hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, perceived usefulness and computer attitudes in a range of daily life activities and their ICT counterparts. Results The results indicated that in online news reading and online chatting, older adults' well-being associated with ICT activities was significantly correlated with that in corresponding daily life activities. In online shopping and writing email, the relation between older adults' well-being in ICT activities and their well-being in corresponding daily activities was moderated by perceived usefulness. Perceived usefulness and daily life well-being are important predictors of both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in ICT usage, whereas self-efficacy is a unique predictor of eudaimonic well-being in ICT usage. Discussion Hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in ICT usage were two important and different perspectives when investigating user experiences in ICT. In addition, older adults’ hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in ICT usage were associated with that in corresponding daily life. These findings are discussed in terms of the design of ICT systems to improve well-being of older adults in ICT usage. Keywords: Keywords: hedonic well-being; eudaimonic well-being; ICT; older adults

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