Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based study
BackgroundMobile health applications may provide potential tools to support healthy aging. Promoting mHealth use by the elderly remains an imperative to realize health improvement.ObjectiveThe research aimed to identify the relationship between personality traits and the intention to use mHealth app...
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| author | Jinghui Chang Jinghui Chang Anqi Li Xixi Yang Chunnan Li Yanshan Mai Dayi Zhang Wende Yan Yibo Wu Jiangyun Chen |
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| description | BackgroundMobile health applications may provide potential tools to support healthy aging. Promoting mHealth use by the elderly remains an imperative to realize health improvement.ObjectiveThe research aimed to identify the relationship between personality traits and the intention to use mHealth applications among the elderly in mainland China.MethodsUsing a multi-stage sampling method, a cross-sectional survey of 3,712 older adults across China was obtained out of 3,721 (validity rate was 99.76%) in 2022. The effect of personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among older adults was analyzed by multiple linear regression. The independent variable was the personality, using the short version of the Big Five Personality Inventory (BFI-10). The dependent variable was the intention to use the mHealth applications, measured using a sliding scale. Moderators included demographic characteristics and psycho-social variables measured by the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Family Health Scale, and the Health Literacy Scale.ResultsThe Chinese older adults’ intention to use mHealth applications scored (63.31 ± 25.09). Out of the five traits, extraversion, agreeableness, and openness exerted significant effects. Higher scores of extraversion (β=0.59, t = 1.99, p<0.05) and openness (β=1.87, t = 6.07, p<0.01) contributed to the intention to use mHealth applications. Conversely, higher agreeableness scores (β= − 1.05, t = −3.12, p<0.01) related to lower intention.ConclusionThe elderly with high extraversion, openness, and low agreeableness are more willing to adopt mHealth applications in China. Healthcare professionals and mHealth device developers can make personalized and accurate interventions for the elderly with different personalities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0f0272fd1237412fbada87f80fcd91032025-01-30T06:22:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.14792041479204Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based studyJinghui Chang0Jinghui Chang1Anqi Li2Xixi Yang3Chunnan Li4Yanshan Mai5Dayi Zhang6Wende Yan7Yibo Wu8Jiangyun Chen9School of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Global Health and Population, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United StatesSchool of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaBackgroundMobile health applications may provide potential tools to support healthy aging. Promoting mHealth use by the elderly remains an imperative to realize health improvement.ObjectiveThe research aimed to identify the relationship between personality traits and the intention to use mHealth applications among the elderly in mainland China.MethodsUsing a multi-stage sampling method, a cross-sectional survey of 3,712 older adults across China was obtained out of 3,721 (validity rate was 99.76%) in 2022. The effect of personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among older adults was analyzed by multiple linear regression. The independent variable was the personality, using the short version of the Big Five Personality Inventory (BFI-10). The dependent variable was the intention to use the mHealth applications, measured using a sliding scale. Moderators included demographic characteristics and psycho-social variables measured by the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Family Health Scale, and the Health Literacy Scale.ResultsThe Chinese older adults’ intention to use mHealth applications scored (63.31 ± 25.09). Out of the five traits, extraversion, agreeableness, and openness exerted significant effects. Higher scores of extraversion (β=0.59, t = 1.99, p<0.05) and openness (β=1.87, t = 6.07, p<0.01) contributed to the intention to use mHealth applications. Conversely, higher agreeableness scores (β= − 1.05, t = −3.12, p<0.01) related to lower intention.ConclusionThe elderly with high extraversion, openness, and low agreeableness are more willing to adopt mHealth applications in China. Healthcare professionals and mHealth device developers can make personalized and accurate interventions for the elderly with different personalities.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1479204/fullBig Five Personalitya cross-sectional studyinfluencing factormobile consumer behaviormobile health (mHealth) |
| spellingShingle | Jinghui Chang Jinghui Chang Anqi Li Xixi Yang Chunnan Li Yanshan Mai Dayi Zhang Wende Yan Yibo Wu Jiangyun Chen Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based study Frontiers in Psychology Big Five Personality a cross-sectional study influencing factor mobile consumer behavior mobile health (mHealth) |
| title | Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based study |
| title_full | Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based study |
| title_fullStr | Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based study |
| title_short | Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based study |
| title_sort | effect of the big five personality on the intention to use mhealth applications among the chinese elderly a national based study |
| topic | Big Five Personality a cross-sectional study influencing factor mobile consumer behavior mobile health (mHealth) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1479204/full |
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