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Development and validation of a mobile computer anxiety scale
Author(s) -
Wang YiShun
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00687.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , scale (ratio) , construct (python library) , computer science , the internet , mobile device , psychology , data science , multimedia , world wide web , physics , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , programming language
Abstract Although researchers have developed various scales for measuring users' computer anxiety or Internet anxiety, none of the literature has addressed the measurement of mobile computer anxiety (MCA). The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a multidimensional mobile computer anxiety scale (MCAS) based on previous research on computer anxiety and Internet anxiety. In this study, I introduce and define the construct of MCA, provide an empirical validation of the construct and its underlying dimensionality, develop a generic MCA scale with desirable psychometric properties and explore the scale's theoretical and practical applications. By analysing data from a sample of 287 respondents, this study proposes a 7‐factor, 38‐item MCAS. This empirically validated scale will be useful to researchers in developing and testing mobile learning (m‐learning) theories, as well as to educators and m‐learning managers in understanding an individual's MCA and in promoting the use of mobile computing and learning systems.