Database PONE-D-24-27931.

In this modern digital era, older adults encounter considerable challenges in technology adoption, primarily due to varying degrees of technology anxiety and its implications on their behavioral intentions. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 250 participants aged 60 and older in Taiwan to investigate the mediating role of technology anxiety in the dynamic between loneliness and technology usage intentions. The results reveal that participants exhibited mild levels of loneliness (mean score: 1.53), moderate technology anxiety (mean score: 19.29), and moderate to high intentions toward technology use (mean score: 10.96). The study identifies a significant total effect of loneliness on technology behavioral intention (c = -0.508, p