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P43: The Study of Computer Anxiety: Positive and Negative Attitudes to it among Undergraduate Students of Kangavar Payam-e-Noor University
P43: The Study of Computer Anxiety: Positive and Negative Attitudes to it among Undergraduate Students of Kangavar Payam-e-Noor University
روانشناسی
Psycology
پژوهشي
Research --- Open Access, CC-BY-NC
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Computer anxiety as a kind of state anxiety that refer to “the negative emotional and cognitive reactions in some people that occur during work with the computer” and maybe considered as a challenge to their capabilities. In the present study, computer anxiety and positive and negative attitudes to it were examinated among undergraduate students of Kangavar Payam-e-Noor University. This descriptive-comparative causal study was performed on 310 (197 female, 113, males) students were selected from different academic disciplines by quota sampling. Participants completed the computer attitude scale (Bandalos and Benson, 1999). The data in the statistical software SPSS-18 were recorded and descriptive statistics, t-test were used to analyze the data. The findings indicate that there were no gender differences in computer anxiety and positive and negative attitudes to it (P>0.05). In addition, there were a remarkable difference in computer anxiety scores and positive and negative attitudes to it among students based on different academic disciplines. Results revealed that a higher frequency and percentage of negative attitude to computer in political science and management students than in other disciplines. According to the growing importance of the role of computers in academic achievement and career prospects in students, by placing computer related curriculum can be helped to reduce its negative attitude.
Computer Anxiety, Positive and Negative Attitudes to Computers, University Students
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Borzoo
Amirpour
Borzoo
Amirpour
borzooamirpour@gmail.com
10031947532846002160
10031947532846002160
Yes
Department of Psychology, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Psychology, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Rahim
Goli
Rahim
Goli
10031947532846002161
10031947532846002161
No
Kermanshah University of Applied Science and Technology, Kermanshah, Iran.
Kermanshah University of Applied Science and Technology, Kermanshah, Iran.
Rasool
Khazaie
Rasool
Khazaie
10031947532846002162
10031947532846002162
No
Department of Psychology, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Psychology, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Somayeh
Eini
Somayeh
Eini
10031947532846002163
10031947532846002163
No
Department of Psychology, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Psychology, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Neda
Yaghoubi
Neda
Yaghoubi
10031947532846002164
10031947532846002164
No
Department of Psychology, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Psychology, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran.