Toward harmonization of aging and technology research: German adaptation of the mobile device proficiency questionnaire (MDPQ) for older adults.

ABSTRACT: The Mobile Device Proficiency Questionnaire (MDPQ) is a well-established, reliable, and valid instrument to measure basic and advanced mobile device skills among older adults. We offer a German adaptation of the MDPQ and report reliability and validity findings. A controlled translation procedure was applied. The translated scale was tested in two analytical samples with an age range of 50-95 years in 2020 (n = 548) and 2022 (n = 276). To assess reliabilities, internal consistencies and test-retest reliabilities are reported. To assess validity, we analyze the scale in the context of gender, age, and educational differences and its associations with measures of technology use and attitudes towards technology (convergent and divergent validity). The German adaptation of the MDPQ was found t

SUBMITTER: Schlomann A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609131 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature