Summit
2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025
Smartphone Use Contributes to Feeling-Younger Behavior Among Older Adults in Japan
- Tomoko Haraguchi
University of Tsukuba - Hideyuki Fujiu
University of Tsukuba
Abstract
This study developed a Feeling Younger Behavior (FYB) scale and examined its link to smartphone use among Japanese older adults. An online survey (N = 216, M age = 70.55) showed smartphone use positively predicted FYB (β = .53, p < .001), which was associated with younger subjective age.
Aging