Digital Inequality and Internet Self‐Efficacy in Adults With Intellectual Disability: Motivational, Demographic and Contextual Predictors of Online Participation.
Background: Adults with intellectual disability face multiple barriers to digital participation, yet limited research has examined how motivational and demographic factors interact to influence internet self‐efficacy. Method: Structured interviews were conducted with 96 adults with mild or moderate...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 1 - 16 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2026
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