Psychological and Health Outcomes of Perceived Information Overload

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 737-759

  Misra, Shalini ^a   Stokols, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

contemplation; health; information overload scale; perceived information overload; stress

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COPING STRATEGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PANEL DATA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861198627     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916511404408     Document Type: Article

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