Computer anxiety in young and older adults: Implications for human-computer interactions in older populations

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-326

  Laguna, Kerrie ^a   Babcock, Renée L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTER ANXIETY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0031197659     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(97)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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