Psychology of Computer Use: XXVII. Relating Self-Rated Computer Experience to Computer Stress

Abstract

College students were surveyed using Hudiburg's Computer Technology Hassles Scale and their computer experience. Students with low, moderate, and high computer experience (ns = 67, 77, and 37) appeared to perceive the same interactions as unpleasant. The students selected unpleasant interactions in the same numbers and with the same intensity.

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