Senior users of the internet: lessons from the cybernun study
This paper presents a study that examined computer use and life satisfaction of senior religious sisters. A sample was obtained of 103 nuns in Upstate New York. Participants self-identified as computer users (CU) or non-users (NU), completed demographic information, the life satisfaction index-Z (LSIZ), the attitudes toward computer use scale (ATCUS), and responded to additional semi-structured questions. No statistically significant differences were found between CU and NU in life satisfaction. A cross-comparative, grounded analysis of the more open-ended responses found interesting differences in perceptions of sisters about computer use. Senior usability concerns were also considered.
computer use religious sisters usability