The impact of teachers’ digital skills for conducting research activities on the integration of digital resources, considering the mediating role of anxiety regarding the use of digital resources (case study: Secondary school teachers in Tehran)

This study aimed to investigate the impact of teachers’ digital skills for conducting research activities on the integration of digital resources, considering the mediating role of anxiety regarding the use of digital resources among secondary school teachers in Tehran. The research is applied in purpose and quantitative in data collection methods. The statistical population of this study consisted of all secondary school teachers in Tehran, from which a sample of 202 individuals was selected based on the minimum sample size rule. Cluster sampling method was employed to select the secondary school teachers in Tehran. Data was collected through both library and field methods. In the field section, information was gathered using a questionnaire, whose reliability and validity were examined and confirmed. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used for data analysis. In the descriptive section, demographic characteristics including age, gender, education, and work experience were described using percentage, frequency, tables, and charts, as well as means, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis with IBM SPSS-23 software for the study variables. Additionally, for testing the research hypotheses, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted using Smart PLS software. The results of the path analysis indicated that teachers’ digital skills for conducting research activities have a positive and significant impact on the integration of digital resources. Furthermore, the results showed that anxiety regarding the use of digital resources can act as a mediating variable in this relationship.