청소년의 성별에 따른 컴퓨터 불안 결정요인 = Predictors of Computer Anxiety in Male and Female Adolescents

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate (1) a gender difference in computer anxiety, (2) whether several independent variables such as computer experience, attitudes toward computers, math anxiety, and computer efficacy would predict computer anxiety, and (3) examine what their relative importance was. The subjects in this study were 297 junior high school students. Among them 131 were males while 148 were females. The results indicted that male adolescents were lower in their levels of computer anxiety than female adolescents in terms of Marcoulides` CAS, but no gender difference was found in terms of Loyd and Gressard`s CAS. Positive emotion toward computers was the most important predictor in computer anxiety. But usefulness was a significant element for computer anxiety in male students whereas math anxiety and computer efficacy were crucial predictors for computer anxiety in female students.