Internet Use Among Female and Male College Students

Odell, Patricia M.; Korgen, Kathleen Odell; Schumacher, Phyllis; Delucchi, Michael

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“…Duggan et al [26] also reported that university students usually used the Internet for term paper research, retrieval of course notes and spent longer hours on these functionalities compared to others. However, this result was in contradiction to the findings of Odell et al [18] and Weiser [25] which reported a gender discrepancy in the usage of Internet for educational purposes with females being more likely to use these functionalities compared to their male counterparts. Apart from educational purposes, both genders also perceived that the Internet was a useful tool for many other purposes with no differences between gender in the perception in this category.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The results reflected that the gender gap in Internet usage among the respondents was marginal and almost nonexistent and females in this study spent as much time on the Internet as their male counterparts. The results of this study were consistent with the earlier findings of Odell et al [18] and Shaw and Gant [17] . They reported that the gender gap in the use of the Internet has been narrowing in recent years.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Odell et al [18] had obtained similar findings that gender is not a significant variable in terms of Internet use.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 82%

“…The Cronbach alpha coefficients for items measuring Internet use and attitudes toward the Internet were recorded at 0.78 and 0.77, respectively. These values were considered high as they exceeded the minimal consistency guidelines (>.70) recommended by DeVellis [18] .…”

Section: Instrumentation Validation and Pilot Testmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Cronbach alpha coefficients for items measuring Internet use and attitudes toward the Internet were recorded at 0.78 and 0,.77 respectively. These values were considered high as they exceeded the minimal consistency guidelines (>.70) recommended by DeVellis [18] . Table 1 shows the means and standard deviations of the time spent on the Internet per week for both genders in two sub-categories, namely, Internet access and the absence of Internet access at home.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gender Differences in the Usage and Attitudes toward the Internet among Student Teachers in a Public Malaysian University

Wong¹,

Fung²,

Atan³

2008

American J. of Applied Sciences

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The problems of gender disparity in the usage and attitude towards the Internet have received considerable interest among researchers. Most findings have revealed that females are at a disadvantage compared to their male counterparts where Internet usage is concerned. They have unequal access, a low rate of usage and exhibit negative attitudes towards the Internet (Nachmias et al., 2000;Madell & Muncer, 2004). Prompted by these observations, this study was carried out to investigate the gender disparity in Internet usage and the attitudes among 152 student teachers (80 females and 72 males) at a public Malaysian university (Universiti Putra Malaysia). The results of this study revealed no gender disparity in Internet usage; the female student teachers were found to spend as much time using the Internet as their male counterparts. These results accordingly contradicted the common findings of other researchers. The results also revealed that the students exhibited positive attitudes toward the Internet regardless of gender, again in contradiction to most other findings. Possible reasons and the implications of these findings will be elaborated and discussed.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Odell et al [18] had obtained similar findings that gender is not a significant variable in terms of Internet use.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 82%

Section: Instrumentation Validation and Pilot Testmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Instrumentation Validation and Pilot Testmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender Differences in the Usage and Attitudes toward the Internet among Student Teachers in a Public Malaysian University

Wong¹,

Fung²,

Atan³

2008

American J. of Applied Sciences

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Gender Digital Divide

Joiner

Stewart

Beaney

2015

The Wiley Handbook of Psychology, Technology, and Society

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Academic procrastination using social media: A cross‐sectional study with middle school students on the buffering and moderator roles of self‐control and gender

Üztemur

Di̇nç

2022

Psychology in the Schools

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Temporary school lockdowns and physical distancing practices due to the Covid‐19 pandemic have led to the risk of problematic social media use (PSU) in students who need to socialize. The effect of PSU on students' academic commitment and the mechanisms that moderate this effect spark interest in researchers. For this reason, the present study sought answers to the following two research questions: (a) Whether PSU positively predicts academic procrastination (AP), (b) Whether this relation is moderated by self‐control and gender. Employing the additive multiple moderation model, the study was carried out with 370 Turkish middle school students (female: 65.1%, Mage: 12.82). The findings indicate that PSU positively affects AP. The positive effect of PSU on AP is higher in boys than in girls. Self‐control acts as a buffering moderator in the positive effect of PSU on AP. As students' self‐control levels increase, the positive effect of PSU on AP weakens. Self‐control plays a greater role as a buffering moderator in girls than in boys. Regarding the context of middle school students' PSU and AP, the results extend the literature, which states that boys tend to act more impulsively. Also, this study adds new empirical evidence to the literature regarding the importance of high levels of self‐control in minimizing the negative effects of PSU, which has become more common among middle school students after the Covid‐19 pandemic, on AP.

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Internet Use Among Female and Male College Students

Cited by 153 publications

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Gender Differences in the Usage and Attitudes toward the Internet among Student Teachers in a Public Malaysian University

Gender Differences in the Usage and Attitudes toward the Internet among Student Teachers in a Public Malaysian University

Gender Digital Divide

Academic procrastination using social media: A cross‐sectional study with middle school students on the buffering and moderator roles of self‐control and gender

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