EXAMINING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE ABSORPTION LEVELS REGARDING TO WEB AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LOCUS OF CONTROL

The current study investigated university students’ cognitive absorption levels
according to several variables, and presented the relationship between cognitive
absorption and locus of control.
This study resorted to a descriptive model. Participants were 374 undergraduate
students. The Cognitive Absorption Scale and Locus of Control Scale were used to
collect the data. Independent samples t-test, one-way between-groups ANOVA,
correlation and regression analyses were used to analyze data. Findings suggested that
university students had above average cognitive absorption.
Moreover, the higher the general internal control/personal control was, the lesser the
cognitive absorption level. It was plausible to infer that information and
communication technologies served as sources of pleasure and curiosity for university
students. However, for students with a higher internal locus of control, levels of
pleasure and curiosity dropped.