Exploring middle-aged and older adults’ sources of Internet self-efficacy: A case study

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Highlights：

• Sharable or admirable vicarious experience is a source of Internet self-efficacy.

• Persuasion from influential social networks is essential in Internet self-efficacy.

• Older adults’ primary source may be emotional and physiological states.

• Proactive personality may be another source that has been previously overlooked.

• There may be reciprocal relationships among the five sources we proposed.

摘要

•Sharable or admirable vicarious experience is a source of Internet self-efficacy.•Persuasion from influential social networks is essential in Internet self-efficacy.•Older adults’ primary source may be emotional and physiological states.•Proactive personality may be another source that has been previously overlooked.•There may be reciprocal relationships among the five sources we proposed.

论文关键词：Sources of Internet self-efficacy,Performance accomplishments,Vicarious modeling,Persuasion,Emotional state,Proactive personality

论文评审过程：Available online 9 August 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.07.017