COMPUTER USE AND THE LOCUS-OF-CONTROL OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS.
Contributors: University of Oklahoma.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: Education, Educational Psychology.
Description: A single-case experimental design with three replications was used to determine the effect of computer use upon the locus of control of nursing home residents. The four volunteer subjects (one male and three females) ranged in age from 81 to 85 years.

Weekly measurements were taken with Reid and Ziegler's Desired Control Scale. Computer use was introduced on a time-lag basis. Graphed analysis of the data indicated treatment effect, even though it was not found to be at a significant level by the Freidman test.

The results from Danowski and Sacks's computer attitude questionnaire for senior citizens were combined with observational data to explain the findings. Computer use appeared to contribute to those control dimensions described by Paulhus and Christie as personal efficacy and interpersonal control.

It was suggested that elderly male and female computer users may benefit from differing programs in meeting their individual needs. Practical physical recommendations are given for those wishing to implement computer use with the elderly.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-03, Section: A, page: 0607.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, 1987.

School code: 0169.