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Computer use of adolescents with and without visual impairment.
- Source :
- Technology & Disability; 2013, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p99-106, 8p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- We examined the usage of computers in 171 adolescents with visual impairment and 515 sighted peers. Participants reported computer ownership and hours per week using the computer for school, video games, music, movies, photographs, searching for information, communication and shopping. Adolescents with visual impairment reported higher rates of overall computer usage than sighted peers, due to higher usage for school work and searching for information. In addition, adolescents who are blind used their computers more often for communication and less often for dealing with photographs than adolescents with low vision. Furthermore, higher usage of computer was associated with higher age, male gender, lower vision status and worse marks in school. Finally, positive associations between computer use and having a romantic partner as well as belonging to a peer-group were stronger in adolescents with visual impairment than in sighted adolescents. Conclusions for further research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HYPOTHESIS
ANALYSIS of covariance
COMMUNICATION
COMPARATIVE studies
COMPUTERS
LONGITUDINAL method
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
SCHOOLS
STATISTICS
VISION disorders
DATA analysis
MULTIPLE regression analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
INFORMATION-seeking behavior
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10554181
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Technology & Disability
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 89094616
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3233/TAD-130373