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Student Stress and the Research Consultation: The Effect of the Research Consultation on Project Stress and Overall Stress and Applications for Student Wellness
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LuMarie Guth; Bradford Dennis – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Academic libraries have conducted studies on the importance of the library research consultation (LRC) regarding student learning and the impact on academic success. While there is a robust literature examining library anxiety, no study has been designed to measure the impact of the library research consultation on stress. Researchers at a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Research, Stress Variables, Stress Management
Shame: The Emotional Basis of Library Anxiety
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McAfee, Erin L. – College & Research Libraries, 2018
In 1986, Constance Mellon found that 75 to 85 percent of undergraduate students experienced library anxiety as well as shame about their anxiety. Fifteen years earlier, Helen Block Lewis began her groundbreaking research in shame theory. This paper explores the affective components of library anxiety using the pioneering research of Constance…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Academic Libraries, Psychological Patterns
Perceived Inadequacy: A Study of the Imposter Phenomenon among College and Research Librarians
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Clark, Melanie; Vardeman, Kimberly; Barba, Shelley – College & Research Libraries, 2014
The Imposter Phenomenon (IP) is an observed anxiety caused by an individual's feelings of fraudulence, fear of being exposed as a fraud, and inability to internalize personal achievement. This study measures the incidence of the IP among librarians at college and research institutions in the United States and Canada and seeks to identify factors…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Librarians, Anxiety
Perfectionism and Library Anxiety among Graduate Students.
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Jiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
This study investigates the relationship between three dimensions of perfectionism and five dimensions of library anxiety among graduate students. Topics include barriers with library staff; knowledge of the library; mechanical barriers; affective barriers; use of the Library Anxiety Scale and Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale; and Pearson…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Correlation
Prevalence and Reasons for University Library Usage.
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Jiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Library Review, 1997
This study aimed to develop a demographic profile of the typical student user of academic libraries. Subjects were undergraduate/graduate students (n=522) at two universities. Results are discussed in terms of: populations of student users, how the library is utilized, predictors of frequency of library use, gender differences, non-native English…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, College Students, English (Second Language)
Library Anxiety: Characteristics of "At-Risk" College Students.
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Jiao, Qun G.; And Others – Library & Information Science Research, 1996
Discussion of library anxiety focuses on a study of 493 university students that examined factors that predict library anxiety. A stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that age, sex, year of study, native language, grade point average, employment status, frequency of library visits, and reason for using the library were significant…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Age Differences, Anxiety, College Students