Title

The changing construct of computer anxiety for younger and older adults

Authors

Authors

J. L. Dyck; N. R. Gee;J. A. A. Smither

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Comput. Hum. Behav.

Keywords

computer anxiety; direct involvement; indirect involvement; SELF-EFFICACY SCALE; ATTITUDE SCALE; VALIDITY; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Psychology, Experimental

Abstract

A revalidation of a previously developed computer anxiety scale (Marcoulides, 1989) indicated changes in the factor structure for both younger and older adults. Two factors emerged - Direct and Indirect Involvement with computers - as compared with the previous two factors of General Computer Anxiety and Equipment Anxiety. This suggests that the construct of computer anxiety may have changed, perhaps because of the rapid changes in computers and the technological environment. Additional results showed that, while the factor structure was similar for younger and older adults, two items differentially loaded on the two factors. These results suggest the need for further examination of computer anxiety with older adults, with the possibility of developing computer anxiety scales specifically for older adults. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Journal Title

Computers in Human Behavior

Volume

14

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

61

Last Page

77

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1998YD38000004

ISSN

0747-5632

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