A longitudinal examination of computer self-efficacy change trajectories during training

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1816-1824

  Kher, Hemant V ^a   Downey, James P ^b   Monk, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; General computer self efficacy; Latent growth modeling; Longitudinal methods; Software specific computer self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY; CRITICAL QUESTIONS; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH TRAJECTORIES; LONGITUDINAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TECHNIQUES; TECHNOLOGY TRAINING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 84875859248     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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