The changing construct of computer anxiety for younger and older adults

    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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