Psychology of Computer Use

XXXV. Differences in Computer Users' Stress and Self-Concept in College Personnel and Students

Bibliographic Data

ID13648366
AuthorsRichard A Hudiburg (University of North Alabama, corresponding author), James R Necessary (Ball State University)
Year1996
Volume78
Issue3
Pages931-937
Publication date1996-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1996.78.3.931
PMID8711049
OpenAlexW2035710981
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

104 college students and 88 college faculty/staff at a midwestern university completed a questionnaire composed of the Computer Hassles Scale, a measure of computer users' stress, somatization/anxiety items from the Symptoms Checklist-90, a measure of stress reactions, and the Revised Personal Attribute Inventory, a measure of self-concept. Correlations indicated that for students there was a significant negative relationship between computer users' stress and self-concept (r = -.30), while for faculty/staff there was a significant positive relationship (r = .28). Regression analyses showed that self-concept moderated the relationship between computer users' stress and stress outcomes for only the faculty-staff sample. The moderator effect was interpreted using Linville's 1987 "buffering hypothesis," which suggests that persons with higher scores on self-concept are less prone to experience stress-related outcomes like somatization/anxiety symptoms

Anxiety · Checklist · Moderation · Psychiatry · Scale (ratio · Somatization · Stress (linguistics · Applied Psychology · Career Development and Diversity · Clinical Psychology · Gender and Technology in Education · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Psychology

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