The dynamic change of self-efficacy in information searching on the internet: Influence of valence of experience and prior self-efficacy

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 589-603

  Chiou, Wen Bin ^a   Wan, Chin Sheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information searching; Internet; Self efficacy; Valence of experience

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 36749063144     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.141.6.589-604     Document Type: Article

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