Authors: | Provata, Paraskevi - Anna Vraimaki, Eftichia Doris, Konstantinos - Anastasios |
Issue Date: | 27-Sep-2016 |
Conference: | 4th IC-SIM, Mykonos, Greece 2015 |
Book: | Strategic Innovative Marketing |
Series: | Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics |
Keywords: | Greek library anxiety scale, Library anxiety, Undergraduate students |
Abstract: | The term “library anxiety,” coined by Mellon (1986), has been described as “an uncomfortable feeling or emotional disposition, experienced in a library setting, which has cognitive, affective, physiological, and behavioral ramifications” (Jiao et al. 1996, p. 152). High library anxiety levels have been associated with low research and academic performance. The current study investigates library anxiety in a sample of 279 undergraduate students of Greek tertiary education institutions. Anxiety levels were assessed using an aggregation of items from previously published scales to form the Greek Library Anxiety Scale (G-LAS). Data analysis shows that the G-LAS has good psychometric properties, with alpha values ranging from 0.931 to 0.703 for barriers with staff and rules barriers, respectively. Overall, students report low levels of total library anxiety (mean 2.4). |
ISBN: | 9783319338637 |
ISSN: | 21987254 21987246 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-33865-1_82 |
URI: | https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/767 |
Type: | Conference Paper |
Department: | Department of Archival, Library and Information Studies |
School: | School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences |
Affiliation: | University of West Attica (UNIWA) |
Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter / Κεφάλαιο Βιβλίου |
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