The changing construct of computer anxiety for younger and older adults |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shahed University, P.O.Box: 3319118651, Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, P.O.Box: 4413-15875, Tehran, Iran;3. Research Center of Intelligent Signal Processing, P.O.Box: 16765-3739, Tehran, Iran;1. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;3. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wonkwang University Sanbon Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea;4. Cardiovascular Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea;5. KU-KIST Graduate School Converging Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
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| Abstract: | A revalidation of a previously developed computer anxiety scale (Marcoulides, 1989) indicated changes in the factor structure for both younger and older adults. Two factors emerged — Direct and Indirect Involvement with computers — as compared with the previous two factors of General Computer Anxiety and Equipment Anxiety. This suggests that the construct of computer anxiety may have changed, perhaps because of the rapid changes in computers and the technological environment. Additional results showed that, while the factor structure was similar for younger and older adults, two items differentially loaded on the two factors. These results suggest the need for further examination of computer anxiety with older adults, with the possibility of developing computer anxiety scales specifically for older adults. |
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