The purpose of this study was to identify the components of library anxiety using a Malay version of Bostick’s (1992) Library Anxiety Scale (LAS) and to examine the effects of demographic variables such as gender, native language, year of study, prior exposure to library services and medium of instruction on the variation in the library anxiety construct. A 46-item Malay version of Bostick’s (1992) Library Anxiety Scale (LAS) was tested among 130 medical students drawn randomly from a population of 423 students pursuing their Bachelor of Medicine or Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. The findings revealed a 3-factor solution which corresponded to the five factors as found by Bostick’s (1992) pioneering psychometric measure of library anxiety. The sub-scales of library anxiety were termed barriers with staff, affective barriers and comfort with library technology. The factor barriers with staff explained 19.76% of the variance in the library construct, followed by affective barriers factor explaining 11.55% of the variance and a third factor comfort with library technology explained 10.282% of the variance. The overall scale as well as each of the three sub-scales wassubmitted to an internal reliability assessment resulting in a satisfactory Cronbach’s internal reliability coefficient alpha. Despite the fewer number of sub-scales that were yielded by the Malay version of Bostick’s (1992) Library Anxiety Scale (LAS), the translated scale has been shown to be a valid and reliable instrument.

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评估马来版 Bostick (1992) 图书馆焦虑量表的心理测量特性

本研究的目的是使用 Bostick 的 (1992) 图书馆焦虑量表 (LAS) 的马来语版本确定图书馆焦虑的组成部分，并检查人口统计变量的影响，例如性别、母语、学习年份、之前接触图书馆服务和关于图书馆焦虑结构变化的教学媒介。从 423 名攻读医学学士学位或外科学士学位 (MBBS) 学位的学生中随机抽取 130 名医学生，对 Bostick (1992) 图书馆焦虑量表 (LAS) 的 46 项马来语版本进行了测试。研究结果揭示了一个 3 因素解决方案，对应于 Bostick (1992) 开创性的图书馆焦虑心理测量方法发现的五个因素。图书馆焦虑的子量表被称为与工作人员的障碍，图书馆技术的情感障碍和舒适度。员工障碍因素解释了图书馆结构中 19.76% 的差异，其次是情感障碍因素解释了 11.55% 的差异，第三个因素对图书馆技术的舒适度解释了 10.282% 的差异。整体量表以及三个子量表中的每一个都被提交给内部可靠性评估，从而获得令人满意的 Cronbach 内部可靠性系数 alpha。尽管 Bostick (1992) 图书馆焦虑量表 (LAS) 的马来语版本产生的子量表数量较少，但翻译后的量表已被证明是一种有效且可靠的工具。55% 的方差和第三个因素对图书馆技术的舒适度解释了 10.282% 的方差。整体量表以及三个子量表中的每一个都被提交给内部可靠性评估，从而获得令人满意的 Cronbach 内部可靠性系数 alpha。尽管 Bostick (1992) 图书馆焦虑量表 (LAS) 的马来语版本产生的子量表数量较少，但翻译后的量表已被证明是一种有效且可靠的工具。55% 的方差和第三个因素对图书馆技术的舒适度解释了 10.282% 的方差。整体量表以及三个子量表中的每一个都被提交给内部可靠性评估，从而获得令人满意的 Cronbach 内部可靠性系数 alpha。尽管 Bostick (1992) 图书馆焦虑量表 (LAS) 的马来语版本产生的子量表数量较少，但翻译后的量表已被证明是一种有效且可靠的工具。