Relationships between Computer Self-Efficacy, Technology, Attitudes and Anxiety: Development of the Computer Technology Use Scale (CTUS)

• Published in: Journal of educational computing research Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 51 - 73
• Main Authors: Conrad, Agatha M., Munro, Don
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2008; Baywood Publishing Company, Inc
• Subjects: Anxiety; Attitude Measures; Australia; College Students; Computer Attitudes; Computers; Correlation; Educational Technology; Evaluation Research; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Foreign Countries; Information Technology; Negative Attitudes; Questionnaires; Self Efficacy; Student Attitudes; Technology; Australia
• ISSN: 0735-6331; 1541-4140
• DOI: 10.2190/EC.39.1.d

Two studies are reported which describe the development and evaluation of a new instrument, the Computer Technology Use Scale (CTUS), comprising three domains: computer self-efficacy, attitudes to technology, and technology related anxiety. Study 1 describes the development of the instrument and explores its factor structure. Study 2 used confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate the stability of the factors identified and to examine relationships between computer self-efficacy, attitudes, and anxiety. There were 479 (Study 1) and 352 (Study 2) University—recruited subjects who volunteered for the project. The initial five factor solution of the CTUS scale was confirmed which include the following factors: computer efficacy, technology related anxiety, complexity, positive attitudes, and negative attitudes. Computer efficacy was positively related to positive attitudes and negatively related to other factors. The relationship between the factors is discussed.