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A Short Computer Anxiety Scale

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2005
A 6-item measure of computer anxiety was devised and showed good reliability and validity in both American and English samples so it could be useful in survey research when a brief measure of computer anxiety is needed.
David, Lester, Bijou, Yang, Simon, James
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Computer Anxiety and Interaction

Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference, 2018
With the increasing use of technology in everyday life, one would expect that the use of computers would be comfortable and straightforward for everyone. However, some people still feel intimidated when using computers. Those people experience multiple levels of anxiety and, for high levels of anxiety, manifest what is known as Computer Anxiety. People
Thiago Donizetti dos Santos, Vagner Figueredo de Santana   +1 more
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Measurements of computer anxiety: A review

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1993
The objective of this article is to present a review and discussion of scales and questionnaires developed to assess computer anxiety. Included are descriptions of the scales, scale development procedures, and reliability and validity testing. Research questions generated and examined with the scales are also included.
Mary J. LaLomia, Joseph B. Sidowski
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Computer Anxiety and the Human-Computer Interface

1997
Despite widespread PC use in recent decades, many users remain anxious about their ability to cope with computers. This paper reports a study evaluating how interface features contribute to computer anxiety. Key constructs include cultural and individual differences, interface quality, self-efficacy, ease of use, user attitudes and intended usage ...
Donald L. Day, Päivi Mäkirinne-Crofts
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The structure of computer anxiety: a six-factor model

Computers in Human Behavior, 2001
A six-factor model of computer anxiety was tested in two samples of university students. The dimensions involved were: computer literacy, self-efficacy, physical arousal caused by computers, affective feelings about them, beliefs about the beneficial effects of computers, and beliefs about their dehumanizing aspects. Confirmatory factor analyses showed
John J. Beckers, Henk G. Schmidt
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Assessing computer anxiety: Development and validation of the Computer Anxiety Rating Scale

Computers in Human Behavior, 1987
Abstract Despite the growing role of computers in society, some individuals may actually avoid and resist learning about computers due to their anxiety. The present study was conducted in order to develop and validate the Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS), by examining the behavioral, cognitive, and affective components of computer anxiety.
Robert K. Heinssen, Carol R. Glass, Luanne A. Knight   +2 more
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Measuring Computer Anxiety: The Computer Anxiety Scale

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1989
The Computer Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a measure of perceptions by students of their anxiety in different situations related to computers. Involving 225 college students, this study examines the reliability and factorial validity of the CAS. The data suggest that the CAS is an effective and reliable means of measuring student anxiety toward computers.
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Components of Computer Anxiety

Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1989
This descriptive study employed a multi-group, pre-post design. Analyses were employed to answer the following questions: 1) As a result of the course, “Computers in Society,” are there reductions in students' computer anxiety scores? 2) Is course performance, as indicated by course grades, related to pre and post anxiety scores?
Paul E. Jones, Robert E. Wall
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Computer Anxiety in Nursing Students

Journal of Nursing Education, 1991
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to estimate the prevalence and severity of computer anxiety in beginning AD and BS nursing students and to determine the effect of hands-on computer experience on computer anxiety. The sample consisted of 272 volunteer subjects from five schools of nursing in a central southern state. Computer anxiety was
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Validating the computer anxiety rating scale: Effects of cognitive style and computer courses on computer anxiety

Computers in Human Behavior, 1991
Abstract In this paper, the validity of a newly developed computer anxiety questionnaire, the Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS) of Heinssen, Glass, and Knight (1987), is tested. Expectations are developed about how a valid measure of computer anxiety would behave in response to several demographic traits and cognitive styles, and evidence is ...
P.C. Chu, Eric E. Spires
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