Computer anxiety: A cross-cultural comparative study of Dutch and Turkish university students

被引：38

作者：

Tekinarslan, Erkan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Abant Izzet Baysal Univ, Fac Educ, Dept Comp Educ & Technol, TR-14280 Bolu, Turkey

来源：

COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR | 2008年 / 24卷 / 04期

关键词：

computer anxiety; culture; gender; computer experience; university students;

D O I：

10.1016/j.chb.2007.05.011

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

The purpose of this study is to determine Dutch and Turkish university students' computer anxiety levels and to find out whether their computer anxiety levels differ according to their culture, gender and computer experience (i.e., personal computer (PC) ownership, computer usage frequency, computer usage level). A total of 106 university students (30 Dutch female, 22 Dutch male, 26 Turkish female, 28 Turkish male) participated in this research. The data were collected through computer anxiety rating scale (CARS) validated by Heinssen et al. [Heinssen, R. K., Glass, C. R., & Knight, L. A. (1987). Assessing computer anxiety: Development and validation of the computer anxiety rating scale. Computers in Human Behavior, 3, 49-59]. The data were analyzed by t-test and one-way-analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results indicated that the Turkish students have significantly higher computer anxiety levels than the Dutch students. The students' computer anxiety levels do not differ depending on gender. However, post-hoc analysis revealed that the Turkish female students have significantly higher computer anxiety levels than the Dutch female and Dutch male students. Also, results indicated that while the students' computer experience increase their computer anxiety levels decrease significantly. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1572 / 1584

页数：13

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