Skip to contentScholarGate
LibraryBookshelfDeskReview StudioAssistant
Sign in
Computer Anxiety Scale/Evidence
Method evidence record

Computer Anxiety Scale

The Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS) was developed by Rosen, Sears, and Weil in 1987 to measure the emotional distress and fear individuals experience when thinking about using computers or engaging with computer technology. CARS is a foundational instrument in understanding psychological barriers to technology adoption and has been widely applied across education, workplace training, and organizational digital transformation contexts.

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Source record

Citations copied verbatim from the method’s source record. No claim-level verification is inferred from them.

Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / information-systems
  • Rosen, L. D., Sears, D. C., & Weil, M. M. (1987). Computerphobia. Journal of School Psychology, 25(3), 221-232. · DOI 10.3758/bf03203781
  • Weil, M. M., & Rosen, L. D. (1995). The psychological impact of technology from a historical perspective. Computers in Human Behavior, 11(1), 3-15. · URL
Open full method

Curated claims

Claims persisted in the evidence ledger, each with its own assessment.

No curated claims yet

This view does not invent a claim assessment when the ledger has none.

Related methods

Generated from the method graph and shown as machine-suggested relations — no evidence claim is inferred.

Taxonomic bucketOnline Trust Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketTechnology Acceptance Model Questionnairemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketTechnology Readiness Indexmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketTechnostress Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

Evidence status

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Bibliographic sources are present. Claim-level evidence review has not been performed.

Sources

2 recorded citations, copied from the method source record.

Actions

Open method page
ScholarGate

A content-first reference library for research methods — what each one is, how it works, and where it comes from.

Open data (CC-BY)

Explore

  • Library
  • Search the library…
  • Browse by field
  • Fields
  • Journey
  • Compare
  • Which method?

Reference

  • Subjects
  • Atlas
  • Glossary
  • Methodology
  • Philosophy

Your tools

  • Bookshelf
  • Desk
  • Chat

Company

  • About
  • Pricing
  • Contact
  • Suggest a method

Entries are compiled from published sources for reference. Verifying the accuracy and suitability of any information for your own use remains your responsibility.

© 2026 ScholarGate · A research-method reference library
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Terms
  • Delete account