A mediational study of computer attitudes, experience, and training interests among people with severe mental illnesses
A mediational study of computer attitudes, experience, and training interests among people with severe mental illnesses
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DOI：
10.1016/s0747-5632(03)00020-7
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发表时间：
2003-09-01
影响因子：
9.9
通讯作者：
Burks, V
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作者：
Salzer, MS;Burks, V
本研究比较了严重精神疾病患者对计算机的态度，以前发表的结果为其他人群;探讨社会人口因素和计算机的态度之间的关系与精神疾病的人;和研究计算机的态度，经验和兴趣之间的关系在计算机培训。态度是使用Gressard和Loyd开发的计算机态度量表测量的[教育数据系统协会期刊18（1986）295]。对262名参加心理健康项目的人进行了调查。结果表明，患有严重精神疾病的人有一定的经验，与计算机，有态度，在以前发表的研究评估的大学生，经验和态度预测在计算机培训的兴趣。然而，中介分析表明，对计算机的态度完全中介的经验和兴趣之间的关系，在计算机培训。讨论的重点是需要更多的研究，探讨如何经验和态度可能会相互作用，占未来的计算机相关的利益。研究结果还表明，严重精神疾病患者的态度和兴趣证明，为那些有兴趣的人提供计算机培训是合理的，以增加他们在劳动力市场上的成功。(C)2003爱思唯尔科技有限公司版权所有。
This study compares computer attitudes of people with severe mental illnesses to previously published results for other populations; examines the relationship between sociodemographic factors and computer attitudes among people with a mental illness; and studies the relationship between computer attitudes, experience and interest in computer training. Attitudes are measured using the Computer Attitude Scale developed by Gressard and Loyd [Association for Educational Data Systems Journal 18 (1986) 295]. A survey was conducted with 262 persons participating in mental health programs. Results indicate that people with severe mental illnesses have some experience with computers, have attitudes that are comparable to those of college students assessed in previous published studies, and both experience and attitudes predict interest in computer training. However, mediational analyses indicate that attitudes toward computers completely mediates the relationship between experience and interest in computer training. Discussion focuses on the need for more research that examines how experience and attitudes may interact in accounting for future computer-related interests. The results also suggest that the attitudes and interests of people with severe mental illnesses justifies the provision of computer training to those who are interested in order to increase their success in the labor market. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.