A study of attitude towards use of computers, computer related anxiety and computer related self-efficacy among college students

Pages: 20-25
Khushgeet Kaur (Department of Education and Community Service, Punjabi University, Patiala)

The study focused on exploring attitude towards use of computers, computer related anxiety and computer related
self-efficacy among college students in relation to gender, stream and social class. The data were collected from 300
government and private degree college students of Sangrur district of Punjab. The results of the study revealed
significant stream-wise differences in attitude of college students towards use of computers and computer related
anxiety, respectively. Further, arts, commerce and professional students possessed significantly more favourable
attitude and significantly more computer related anxiety towards use of computers as compared to their science
counterparts, respectively. Significant differences were reported in computer related anxiety among college
students in relation to social class. On the contrary, no significant gender differences were found in attitude of
college students towards use of computers, computer related anxiety and computer related self-efficacy. Also, no
significant stream-wise differences were found in computer related self-efficacy among college students. Nonsignificant differences were also reported in attitude of college students towards use of computers and computer
related self-efficacy in relation to social class, respectively. These results of the study have implications for
counsellors, teachers and parents.