The technology profile inventory: Construction, validation, and application

Ian Spence; Colin G. DeYoung; Jing Feng

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2008.10.009

The technology profile inventory: Construction, validation, and application

Ian Spence, Colin G. DeYoung, Jing Feng

Psychology (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

The technology profile inventory (TPI) measures attitudes toward computers and the internet. We describe the most recent phase of the construction of the TPI. The studies reported refine and validate the instrument, and we present the final version as an Appendix A. Using a new sample of respondents (N = 394), we replicated the three major factors found previously (Confidence, Approval, and Interest). The TPI scores were related to patterns of information technology (IT) usage and also to gender. To demonstrate the practical utility of the TPI we report (1) results linking TPI scores to behavior during an internet search task; (2) test-retest results obtained as part of a cognitive training experiment using action video games; and (3) results showing that attitudes to IT may be modified by a particular experience with information technology.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	458-465
Number of pages	8
Journal	Computers in Human Behavior
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2008.10.009
State	Published - Mar 2009

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This research was supported by Bell Canada through its Bell University Laboratories (BUL) R&D program and by Communications and Information Technology Ontario (CITO). We thank Tom Tsai for his help with the execution of this study.

Keywords

Action video games
Attitudes
Gender
HCI
Human-computer interaction
IT
Information technology

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