Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between Internet anxiety, Internet identification, Internet self-efficacy and Internet use by agricultural students. The statistical population was postgraduate agricultural students (M.Sc.) at Zanjan University who were selected by applying simple random sampling technique. Sample size for students was 118 persons. The study was conducted during autumn 2010 using a descriptive, correlational design. Data was gathered via the use of questionnaire. The instrument validity and reliability was confirmed based on opinions of a panel of experts and Cronbachs alpha coefficient respectively. Results revealed that the postgraduates had medium level Internet anxiety and high level Internet self-efficacy and Internet identification. The t-test showed that female students had significantly higher Internet anxiety than did male students. Further, results indicated that there was a positive significant relationship between public and professional Internet use by students and their Internet identification and Internet self-efficacy. In addition, the relationship between Internet anxiety and professional Internet use was negative.