Updating the attitudes toward computer usage scale using American undergraduate students

• Published in: Computers in human behavior Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 535 - 543
• Main Authors: Morris, Samantha A., Gullekson, Nicole L., Morse, Brendan J., Popovich, Paula M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Computer attitudes; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Miscellaneous; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Scale development; United States; North America; America; Computer attitudes; Scale development; Human; University; Attitude; Evaluation scale; Computer; Psychometrics; Student; Test construction
• ISSN: 0747-5632; 1873-7692
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.11.008

The Attitudes Toward Computer Usage Scale (ATCUS) was first developed in 1986 by [Popovich, P. M., Hyde, K. R., Zakrajsek, T., & Blumer, C. (1987). The development of the attitudes toward computer usage scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 47, 261–269.] using American undergraduates and has since been with a variety of populations over the past 20 years. However, many changes in the technological landscape have occurred since its development, thus creating a need for an updated scale. During the course of a three-part study, the ATCUS v. 2.0 was developed with psychometric properties similar to that of the original ATCUS. The addition of more up-to-date items to serves to enhance the usefulness and practicality of this instrument. The ATCUS v. 2.0 was found to have both high internal consistency, alpha = .83 and test–retest reliability, r = .93.