TY - JOUR T1 - Factors Associated with the Research Anxiety among Faculties of Knowledge and Information Science Departments of Iranian Universities TT - تعیین عوامل مرتبط با اضطراب پژوهشی اعضای هیئت علمی گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی دانشگاه‌های ایرا‌ن JF - babol-csj JO - babol-csj VL - 4 IS - 1 UR - http://cjs.mubabol.ac.ir/article-1-119-en.html Y1 - 2017 SP - 17 EP - 25 KW - Research anxiety KW - Teaching skills KW - Professional environment KW - Knowledge and Information Science Department N2 - Background and aim: The present study was conducted to determine the factors associated with the research anxiety among the faculties of knowledge and information science departments of Iranian universities. Material and methods: The study sample consisted of all full-time faculties working in the knowledge and information science departments of Iranian universities (181 individuals) in the academic year of 2013-2014. Among them, 139 participants had good cooperation in filling out the questionnaire. In this survey-analytical study, data were collected using Higgins-Kotrlik research anxiety inventory. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20. Findings: The results showed that about 63% of the respondents had high anxiety level and the remaining (37%) had the moderate level of anxiety. The results of the correlation tests revealed that two predictor variables of teaching skills and environmental factors had a negative significant relationship with the research anxiety. The results of the regression analysis indicated that the components of these two variables could explain 38% of the variance of anxiety research. Conclusion: The findings illustrated that an anxiety can negatively affect the productivity of faculty members, leading to their slow improvement. It is clear that continuing such a situation may result in scientific recession in high education system; therefore, this system cannot continue to serve effectively its performance, namely, education and research in society. M3 10.22088/cjs.4.1.17 ER -