Computer Anxiety, Phobia, Obsession and Work-Stress at the University of Ibadan: Part 2 - Evaluation of a Model

Abstract

The study modelled the personality, demographic and experiential determinants of some computing-related behaviours among students and staff of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The behaviours were information anxiety, computer phobia, obsessive computing, and computer work stress. Validated scales were designed to measure these behaviours as dependent variables, as well as computing expertise, self-esteem, locus of control, personality type, age, sex, occupation and discipline of respondents, as independent variables. Models relating to these variables were proposed, and multiple regression analyses were performed to evaluate the models. Self-esteem, personality type, age and sex correlated in various ways with information anxiety, computer phobia and work-stress.


(African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science: 2002 12 (1): 1-14)