Showing papers in "Computers in Human Behavior in 2000"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors surveyed 277 undergraduate Internet users, a population considered to be high risk for pathological Internet use (PIU), to assess incidence of PIU as well as characteristics of the Internet and of users associated with PIU.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a self-report scale for the use of Internet services and examined its relationship to extraversion and neuroticism, with different patterns of association for men and women.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize the literature from social psychology, applied psychology, and human resource management and present a comprehensive model of the network of constructs surrounding playfulness in computer interactions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors test the moderating role of computer self-efficacy in the relationship among computer training, frequency of usage and burnout (i.e. exhaustion and cynicism).

TL;DR: In this paper, a principal components factor analysis of computer attitude and computer experience scales was conducted on responses from 179 subjects and found that subjective computer experience was conceptually distinct from factors reflecting users' psychological reactions to computers.

TL;DR: In this paper, student responses to survey items, and measures of learning and cognitive styles, were analyzed using a number of multivariate and univariate statistical techniques, showing that students with assimilating and accommodating learning styles demonstrated significantly more agreeable attitudes toward varied aspects of networkbased instruction than students with converging and diverging learning styles.

TL;DR: This article used a path analysis of longitudinal data collected from 600 undergraduate management information systems students to test a model of the cognitive, motivational, and affective processes impacting computer-related performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, Latane and Darley's theory of bystander intervention can also be used to explain and predict intervention in computer mediated communication, and the results showed that gender had no significant effect on response time and as the number of people present in a computer mediated chat group increased, it took longer for an individual to receive help.

TL;DR: In an exploratory study of these new types of monitoring, 53 employed individuals responded to an anonymous, on-line, open-ended query about their related experiences, and content analysis of the resulting textual data explored two issues: the extent to which electronic monitoring shaped employees' behavior and the reasoning processes by which employees decided whether or not the monitoring was a negative experience.

TL;DR: The authors examines common criticisms of educational computer use, considers how society and schools have reacted to previous technological trends, and outlines relationships between diverse approaches to computer use and the ensuing outcomes that can be expected.

TL;DR: For instance, the authors found that male communicators would display power behaviors by writing longer postings, by posting more frequently, and by writing more opinionated discourse as compared to female communicators.

TL;DR: For example, this paper found that children who engaged in adult mediated computer activity showed higher levels of performance on a series of cognitive measures and more reflective response styles as compared to the other children.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of new information technologies (NIT) on verbal communication has attracted attention from researchers, and the aim of the present paper is to empirically test whether there are significant differences in the frequency of uninhibited behavior in groups working under face-to-face, videoconference and computer-mediated communication.

TL;DR: In this article, levels of technophobia in a sample of 176 South African university students enrolled in first-year computing and psychology courses were assessed using Rosen and Weil's measuring technophobia instruments.

TL;DR: The instructional interface, the challenges of its development, and an instructional systems approach to its design that integrates principles of message design, information design, and systems design are described.

TL;DR: It is shown that the extent to which a hypermedia user may engage in a hyper media environment in a nonlinear way is predicted by knowing his or her experience in a variety of computer-related uses.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the construct validity of an instrument for the content-differentiated assessment of attitudes toward the computer, which is designed primarily for university students of the humanities and the social sciences.

TL;DR: A computer-based programmed instruction tutoring system that teaches a learner how to write a simple Java™ computer program that is justified as one component within a personalized system of instruction that also includes lectures and collaborative learning experiences.

TL;DR: A theoretical framework for micro-world design is proposed, which was used to guide the development of the CAMSmicro-world, and may provide a helpful guideline for researchers wishing to develop a micro- world by using a more structured approach.

TL;DR: Data from recent studies indicating that the T-ACASI system is stable, robust, and suitable for administering relatively long and complex questionnaires on sensitive topics, including drug use and sexual behaviors associated with HIV and other STDs are presented.

TL;DR: Investigating the effect of three different types of computer support on small group performance with respect to the generation of innovative information system ideas indicated that small groups using GSS and no computer software support tools generated ideas that were more useful and more novel–useful–feasible than those ideas generated by groups using CSS.

TL;DR: Not all learning theories and instructional theories are discussed, but those most influential to CAI are included.

TL;DR: A theory of persuasion from the psychology literature is applied and results indicate that confidence in the source of expertise, self-confidence, and the degree of discrepancy between the user's opinion and that of the expert system are all related to the persuasive power of the system.

TL;DR: In this article, the idea of the "opposite of control" is introduced to explain why effective learners need not only to have choice and control of their activity, but also the opposite of control.

TL;DR: Project SEARCH as discussed by the authors is an outreach program designed to bring the science resources of a large research university to classrooms and community centers, with a particular focus on after-school programs. But community agencies and schools uniformly valued the enthusiasm and the resources provided by the SEARCH students.

TL;DR: The authors identified several unifying themes across eight narratives, each capturing unique characteristics of a particular after-school or out-of-school computer program, and they oAer those themes as lingering questions that merit exploration by those invested in these ‘club’ settings.

TL;DR: This exploratory study provides a qualitative report on the integration of the extensive use of large-scale hypermedia databases (Perseus) in actual class settings and examines how the learners use Perseus to create their projects.

TL;DR: In this article, a real data simulation of computerized adaptive administration of the Minnesota Multiphasic Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) was conducted using item responses from three groups of participants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the response times and error rates of four attention-getting devices which were suitable for a particular application of video-mediated communication in the educational sector.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the story of the design, development, and implementation of a technology-rich after-school program called Kids Learning in Computer Klubhouses (KLICK!) in 10 middle schools.