Joiner Richard, Gavin Jeff, Duffield Jill, Brosnan Mark, Crook Charles, Durndell Alan, Maras Pam, Miller Jane, Scott Adrian J, Lovatt Peter
Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2005 Aug;8(4):371-8. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2005.8.371.
This paper reports a study that investigated the effects of gender, Internet anxiety, and Internet identification on use of the Internet. The study involved 608 undergraduate students (490 females and 118 males). We surveyed the students' experience with the Internet, as well as their levels of Internet anxiety and Internet identification. We found a number of gender differences in participants' use of the Internet. Males were proportionally more likely to have their own web page than were females. They used the Internet more than females; in particular, they were more likely to use game websites, to use other specialist websites, and to download material from the Internet. However, females did not use the Internet for communication more than males. There was a significant positive relationship between Internet identification and total use of the Internet, and a significant negative relationship between Internet anxiety and total use of the Internet. Controlling for Internet identification and Internet anxiety, we found a significant and negative correlation between gender and use of the Internet. In total, all three of our predictors accounted for 40% of the variance in general Internet use: with Internet identification accounting for 26%, Internet anxiety accounting for 11%, and gender accounting for 3%.
本文报告了一项研究，该研究调查了性别、网络焦虑和网络认同对互联网使用的影响。该研究涉及608名本科生（490名女性和118名男性）。我们调查了学生的上网经历，以及他们的网络焦虑水平和网络认同程度。我们发现参与者在互联网使用方面存在一些性别差异。男性比女性拥有自己网页的比例更高。他们比女性更多地使用互联网；特别是，他们更有可能使用游戏网站、其他专业网站，并从互联网上下载材料。然而，女性在互联网交流方面并不比男性更多。网络认同与互联网总使用量之间存在显著的正相关关系，网络焦虑与互联网总使用量之间存在显著的负相关关系。在控制了网络认同和网络焦虑之后，我们发现性别与互联网使用之间存在显著的负相关关系。总体而言，我们的所有三个预测因素解释了互联网总体使用差异的40%：网络认同占26%，网络焦虑占11%，性别占3%。
