Preliminary investigation of computer stress and the big five personality factors

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 473-480

  Hudiburg, Richard A ^b   Pashaj, Irena ^c   Wolfe, Raymond ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ADULT; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033202454     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.2.473     Document Type: Article

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