Perceived importance, enjoyment, and anxiety as correlates of computer attitudes

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-135

  Teo, Timothy ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34248590124     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.1.127-135     Document Type: Article

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