Development and validation of a mobile computer anxiety scale

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 990-1009

  Wang, Yi Shun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANXIETY SCALE; MOBILE COMPUTER ANXIETY (MCA); MULTIDIMENSIONAL MOBILE;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

EID: 34748893695     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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