Relation between Iranian students' attitudes subscales with the kind of internet usage in universities

Abstract

The main purpose of the present study is to determine the relation between students' attitudes subscales with internet usage of Iranian universities. The sample included 404 students from Isfahan and medical universities during the educational year of 2009-2010. The results indicated that there was positive and significant relation between students' attitudes subscales with four domains of internet usage such as: using email, downloading files, chartrooms and searching purposes. Students who had higher level of self efficacy used internet in different domains and their perceived enjoyment were higher than students with low self efficacy. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.