Learning Internet social media increased general self-efficacy, social interactions, and cognitive abilities among 60-95 year-old vulnerable adults (reported by cited prior work)¶

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q2 i? The article reports, citing Cruwys, Dingle et al. (2013), that among 60-95 year-old vulnerable adults, learning Internet social media increased self-efficacy, social interactions, and cognitive abilities. → Harvey J. GINSBURG 2016

Evidence¶

Harvey J. GINSBURG 2016¶

Harvey J. GINSBURG, Rebecca CAMERON, Roque V. MENDEZ & Michael WESTHOFF. (2016). Helping others use social media: age stereotypes when estimating learner's success. Psychology, Society, & Education, 8(1), 1-12. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1123456

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Narrative review of prior work: the article attributes to Cruwys, Dingle et al. (2013) that "learning how to use Internet social media increased their general sense of self -efficacy, social interactions, and improved cognitive abilities" among 60-95 year-old vulnerable adults. The cited study's design was not described here.

"Cruwys, Dinagle et al. (2013) reported that among 60-95 year-old vulnerable adults, learning how to use Internet social media increased their general sense of self -efficacy, social interactions, and improved cognitive abilities."

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Related Claims¶

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• Older adults required more time to learn SNS use, partially validating the age stereotype (reported by cited prior work) — related
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