20.500.12556/RUL-169290 Explanatory model of awareness factors of smart technologies for independent living at home in later life Background: Despite the rapid development of Smart Technologies for Independent Living at Home (STILH) among older adults, their market is still underdeveloped. Low awareness is one of the key reasons for the slow uptake of STILH in later life. A significant gap exists in the literature regarding the factors that shape older adults' awareness of STILH. Objective: The aim is to provide a conceptual overview and empirical test of awareness factors of STILH in later life. An explanatory model is proposed by integrating insights from consumer behaviour, information processing and technology adoption models. Methods: The model is tested with structural equation modelling based on survey data from a sample of 1200 internet users aged 55+ in June 2024. Results: The results support all the proposed hypotheses, indicating that exposure to information about STILH, source expertise, self-source congruity and individuals’ innovativeness directly influence awareness of STILH. Moreover, inherent novelty seeking and self-efficacy influence individuals’ innovativeness, and together with self-source congruity and source expertise positively affect exposure to information about STILH. Conclusion: Based on the study results, interventions can be tailored to help scale up STILH more efficiently, ultimately improving quality of life awareness factors explanatory model older adults smart technologies for independent living at home STILH dejavniki zavedanja razlagalni odel starejši odrasli pametne tehnoligje za samostojno življenje doma true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-05-22 10:16:00 2025-05-22 10:16:06 2025-05-23 04:12:26 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 155-173 no. 1 Vol. 14 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 303:316.77 1805-4951 10.18267/j.aip.258 225102083 https://aip.vse.cz/artkey/aip-202501-0008_explanatory-model-of-awareness-factors-of-smart-technologies-for-independent-living-at-home-in-later-life.php 1 c0c795cd-36e3-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=210564 AIP_aip-202501-0008.pdf AIP_aip-202501-0008.pdf 1 416A3A797159B46D39E2A82321DB3B39 e1835c0fdb1f84efddfc2998bd3fb8fdfb8df858d846c40c91e0d80bb5aa1eec 54ae7025-36e4-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=210566 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0