Smartphone usage by old adults: The simple evidence based on behavioural issue

Abstract

Smart phones and people are two things something not separate that from one another. Children, adolescents and adults use smart phones. Their intensity with their smart phones varies. Smart phones provide a variety of features, not just to receive and make long-distance calls, activities such as self and edit it for hours, watching movies, surfing the Internet, games, social media and others can also be done. Various data show that the cumulative time of this activity results in a high level of smart phone usage, both in children, adolescence and adulthood. So, what about old adult? This study aims to measure the level of old adult interaction with smart phones against 59 respondents. Measurements using a monophobia questionnaire (NMP-Q). It analysed data using Rasch Model and Network Psychometry. The results show that the old adult interaction rate of the smart phone is at high, medium, and low levels.