Open AccessAn Examination Of The Factor Structure Of The Computer Anxiety Rating Scale
Author(s) -
Douglas Havelka,
Fred Beasley
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of college teaching and learning/journal of college teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-894X
pISSN - 1544-0389
DOI - 10.19030/tlc.v1i4.1935
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , anxiety , rating scale , psychology , population , scale (ratio) , construct validity , cognitive psychology , computer science , psychometrics , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , programming language
This study updates prior research and examines the stability of the factors underlying computer anxiety across time and with a different population of subjects. A factor analysis revealed four distinct factors in the computer anxiety construct: general anxiety toward computer usage, confidence in learning ability, motivation to learn, and power or control of usage. These results validate prior research that found computer anxiety to be a multi-dimensional construct.