Examining Social Media and Technology Attitudes in Older-Aged and Middle-Aged Adults: Relationship With Cognitive Flexibility and Sense of Inadequacy

The main purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between the perceived cognitive flexibility and sense of inadequacy of older adults and middle adults with their attitudes towards social media use and technology.Of the participants,210(68.2%)were female and 98(31.8%)were male.The sample consisted of 49.4%of middle adults aged between 50-59 years,and a total of 308 adults,50.6%of whom were older adults aged 60 and over.“Personal Information Form”,“Sense of Inadequacy Scale”,“Cognitive Flexibility Scale”,and“Media and Technology Use and Attitudes Scale”were used to collect data in the research.According to the findings of the study,older-and middle-aged adults differed in their sense of inadequacy and cognitive flexibility capacity.A significant difference was found between social media use and technology attitudes of older and middle adults.The findings were discussed within the framework of the relevant literature.