Computer Anxiety, Phobia, Obsession and Work Stress at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria:

Abstract

The study investigated the prevalence and correlation of computer-related behavioural variables 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, and descriptive and correlational analyses were performed. Information anxiety and obsessive computing were prevalent among the respondents, but computer phobia was not. Work stress correlated directly with both information anxiety and computer phobia, and computing experience correlated inversely with information anxiety, computer phobia and obsessive computing.


(African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science: 2002 11 (2): 125-138)