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Differentiating Computer Experience and Attitudes toward Computers: An Empirical Investigation.
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Smith, B.; Caputi, P.; Rawstorne, P. – Computers in Human Behavior, 2000
Describes a study that defined and provided initial empirical support for differentiating the concepts of computer attitude, subjective computer experience, and objective computer experience. Discusses results of a principal component factor analysis and presents a conceptual analysis of the relation between subjective computer experience and…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Prior Learning
Gender Differences in Computer-Related Attitudes: It Depends on What You Ask.
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Whitley, Bernard E., Jr. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1996
Gender differences in attitudes toward computers are examined. Subjects were 136 male and 185 female introductory psychology students. The following were assessed: self confidence; anxiety; beliefs about the impact of computers on society; general positive and negative beliefs; and effects of prior experience. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Gender Issues
Technophobia and Personality Subtypes in a Sample of South African University Students.
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Anthony, L. M.; Clarke, M. C.; Anderson, S. J. – Computers in Human Behavior, 2000
This study examined levels of techophobia, described as negative psychological reactions toward technology, in a sample of South African university students. Describes use of the NEO-Five Factor Inventory and reports results that show techophobia was inversely correlated with computer experience, weakly correlated with age, but not associated with…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
Computer Availability, Computer Experience and Technophobia among Public School Teachers.
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Rosen, Larry D.; Weil, Michelle M. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1995
Describes a study that examined technophobia in elementary and secondary public school teachers as an explanation for low levels of computer utilization. Highlights include empirical studies of technophobia; technophobia interventions; demographic differences; computer availability and use; computer anxiety; computer attitudes; and predictive…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes
Computer Anxiety Correlates and What They Tell Us: A Literature Review.
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Maurer, Matthew M. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Research suggests that computer anxiety and computer experience are related. Some relationship between age and gender and computer anxiety has been suggested but not sufficiently examined. Other relationships have been explored with little result, and little is known about mediating computer anxiety. A model of the development of computer anxiety…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
Attributes Affecting Computer-Aided Decision Making--A Literature Survey.
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Moldafsky, Neil I; Kwon, Ik-Whan – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Reviews current literature about personal, demographic, situational, and cognitive attributes that affect computer-aided decision making. The effectiveness of computer-aided decision making is explored in relation to decision quality, effectiveness, and confidence. Studies of the effects of age, anxiety, cognitive type, attitude, gender, and prior…
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Style, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes
Older Adults' Acquisition of Word Processing: The Contribution of Cognitive Abilities and Computer Anxiety.
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Dyck, Jennifer L.; Smither, Janan Al-Awar – Computers in Human Behavior, 1996
Describes a study that examined relationships between computer attitude, computer experience, gender, cognitive abilities, and the acquisition of word processing by older adults. Highlights include results from computer attitude questionnaires, spatial scanning, inductive and deductive reasoning as predictors of word processing knowledge, and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes