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2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025

Smartphone Use Contributes to Feeling-Younger Behavior Among Older Adults in Japan

Virtual · October 2025

Poster · Lifespan Development

  • 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

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