Investigate the Relationship between the Components of Social Anxiety and Students' Enthusiasm toward Computers

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Syedeh Khadijeh  Moafimadani ¹ (Faculty Member, Department of Educational Management, Ramsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ramsar, Iran)
Majid  Kakvan ² (M.A. in Educational Planning, Ramsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ramsar, Iran)

Received: 2017-04-07 Accepted : 2017-06-19 Published : 2017-04-21

Keywords: fear of negative evaluation, social anxiety, enthusiasm toward computer, social avoidance and distress,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the components of social anxiety and students' enthusiasm toward computers. The research method was descriptive-correlational type and was applied in terms of purpose and carried out by field method. The statistical population of the study was 2780 students of Islamic Azad University, Ramsar Branch. The sample size was determined as 338 people based on the Krejcie and Morgan table according to the size of the population. Subjects were selected randomly by stratified sampling method based on gender. To collect the data of the research, the Heinssen et al. questionnaire of enthusiasm toward computers and the Watson & Friend social anxiety questionnaire were used. The reliability of the two questionnaires was calculated by Cronbach's alpha method and was confirmed by alpha coefficient of 0.78 and 0.80, respectively. Pearson correlation test and linear regression analysis were used to analyze the research hypothesis using SPSS software. The findings of this research showed that there was a significant relationship between social anxiety components and students’ enthusiasm toward computers (r = 0.58, P = 0.000) at 95% probability level. Also, both components of social anxiety (social avoidance and distress, and fear of negative evaluation) explained 33.6% of the variance of students' enthusiasm toward computers (R2 = 0.336).

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