Predictors of online information seeking by international students when disaster strikes their countries

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 709-712

  Lu, Hung Yi ^a   Case, Donald O ^b   Lustria, Mia Liza A ^c   Kwon, Nahyun ^d   Andrews, James E ^d   Cavendish, Sarah E ^b   Floyd, Brenikki R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS;

EID: 35348927080     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.9965     Document Type: Article

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