This work reports on a cross-sectional study on device proficiency, support availability and cybersecurity competence of older adult users of smartphones and/or tablets. Results indicate that cybersecurity competence is associated with both device proficiency and support availability although the variance explained is relatively low. There were no differences in cybersecurity competence between users and non-users of either mobile devices. Users of both smartphones and tablets had significantly higher device proficiency than non-users. Users of tablets had significantly higher support availability than non-users while there were no significant differences between users and non-users of smartphones.

翻译：本研究对智能手机和/或平板电脑的老年用户进行了横断面调查，探讨其设备熟练度、支持可用性与网络安全能力之间的关系。结果表明，尽管解释的方差相对较低，但网络安全能力与设备熟练度和支持可用性均存在关联。智能手机和/或平板电脑的使用者与非使用者之间在网络安全能力方面无显著差异。同时使用智能手机和平板电脑的用户设备熟练度显著高于非使用者。平板电脑使用者的支持可用性显著高于非使用者，而智能手机使用者和非使用者之间则无显著差异。