Psychology of Computer Use: XXXI. Relating Computer Users' Stress, Daily Hassles, Somatic Complaints, and Anxiety

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 1183-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Hudiburg ◽  
Pamela K. Ahrens ◽  
T. Morris Jones
Keyword(s):  
Computer Use ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Daily Hassles ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
College Sample ◽  
Global Stress ◽  
Important Evidence

The relation of computer users' stress, measured by the Computer Hassles Scale, and global stress, measured by the Daily Hassles Scale, with stress reactions, measured by the somatization-anxiety items of the SCL-90, was investigated in a college sample ( N = 101). Computer hassles ratings were correlated .54 with daily hassles ratings and .57 with somatization-anxiety ratings. Daily hassles ratings were correlated .74 with somatization-anxiety ratings. These results provide important evidence on convergent validity for the Computer Hassles Scale as a measure of computer users' stress.

Relationship of Computer Hassles, Somatic Complaints, and Daily Hassles

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1119-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Hudiburg
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Daily Hassles ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
College Sample ◽  
Hopkins Symptom Checklist ◽  
Computer Knowledge ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Relationship Of

The relationships between computer hassles, measured by the Computer Technology Hassles Scale, daily hassles, measured by the Daily Hassles Scale, and somatic complaints, measured by the Hopkins Symptom Checklist, were investigated in a college sample of 103. Computer hassles were correlated .57 with daily hassles and .39 with somatic complaints. Daily hassles were correlated .62 with somatic complaints. In general, these measures were uncorrelated with computer experience or computer knowledge. The Daily Hassles Scale, a measure of stress, is a better correlate for the Computer Technology Hassles Scale, a measure of computer-related stress, than the Perceived Stress Scale.

Psychology of Computer Use: XXIX. Measuring Computer Users’ Stress: The Computer Hassles Scale1

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (3_part_1) ◽  
pp. 923-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Hudiburg ◽  
Sara R. Brown ◽  
T. Morris Jones
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Information ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
College Degrees ◽  
Mean Differences

Measurement of computer users’ stress was based on the Computer Hassles Scale. 65 questionnaires were returned from 113 mailed to users of accounting information systems who worked for manufacturing companies. Correlations were calculated for the total sample and subsamples divided by gender. The analysis indicated that persons with college degrees experienced greater computer users’ stress than those who were without. Those persons who reported more computer hassles experienced more somatic complaints which indicated that the computer hassles were stressful. There were no significant mean differences between women and men on computer hassles or somatic complaints. The correlations of computer hassles with somatic complaints differed by gender. Women's computer hassles were significantly correlated .61 with somatic complaints, but men's computer hassles were not significantly correlated ( r= .18) with somatic complaints. The gender differences suggest that there is a complex relationship between stressors (computer hassles) and stress reactions (somatic complaints).

PSYCHOLOGY OF COMPUTER USE: XXIX. MEASURING COMPUTER USERS' STRESS: THE COMPUTER HASSLES SCALE

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 923-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD A. HUDIBURG ◽  
SARA R. BROWN ◽  
T. MORRIS JONES
Keyword(s):  
Computer Use ◽  
Computer Users

Fear for Online Adolescents

2010 ◽  
pp. 136-151
Author(s):  
Myron Orleans
Keyword(s):  
Computer Use ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Computer Usage ◽  
Potential Harm ◽  
Sexual Solicitation ◽  
Contagion Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
The Common

The research literature regarding fears associated with online activities of adolescents was reviewed and assessed in relation to earlier research reported by the author. The original qualitative study focused on the interactions between the social networks of young adolescents and their computer usage. Particular attention was devoted to determining whether heavy computer use tended to isolate adolescent users. The findings challenged the common attributions of prevalent danger, that heavy youthful computer users would experience social isolation. That earlier research led to further questioning of the potential harm of computer use in relation to contagion effects and alarms raised regarding sexual solicitation via the Internet. Recent literature was examined to assess whether danger warnings have been magnified, distorted, or manipulated for ideological purposes. Contrary to popular considerations, the interpersonal lives and computer activities of early adolescents reciprocally reinforced patterns of behavior that lowered the likelihood of risk behaviors to a significantly greater degree than did direct parental involvement. Recommendations to responsible adults were offered to re-focus energies and efforts in directions that would support appropriate computer use and promote pro-social behaviors of online adolescents.

scholarly journals MP08: A novel measure to capture transactional stress in paramedic services

CJEM ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (S1) ◽  
pp. S43-S43
Author(s):  
M. Davis ◽  
E. A. Donnelly ◽  
P. Bradford ◽  
C. Hedges ◽  
D. Socha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Introduction: In the past few years, there has been an increase in awareness of the challenge of managing work related stress in EMS. Extant research has liked different types of chronic and critical incident stress to stress reactions like posttraumatic stress. However, there is no tool to capture the transactional stresses which are associated with the day to day provision of service (e.g., dealing with offload delays or mandatory overtime) and interacting with allied professions (e.g., emergency department staff) or allied agencies (e.g., law enforcement). The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a measure which captured transactional stresses in paramedics Methods: An online survey was conducted with ten Canadian Paramedic Services with a 40.5% response rate (n= 717). Factor analysis was used to identify variation in responses related to the latent factor of transactional stress. The scale was validated using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Results: The sample of transactional stress questions was split to allow for multiple analyses (EFA n=360/ CFA n=357). In the exploratory factor analysis, principal axis factoring with an oblique rotation revealed a two-factor, twelve item solution, (KMO=.832, x2=1440.19, df=66, p<.001). Confirmatory factor analysis also endorsed a two factor, 12 item solution, (x2 =130.39, df=51, p<.001, CFI=.95, TLI= .93, RMSEA= .07, SRMR= .06). Results supported two groups of six-item factors that captured transactional stress in the provision of service. The factors, clearly aligned with transactional stress issues internal to the ambulance and transactional stress relationships external to the ambulance. Both subscales demonstrated good internal reliability (= .843/ =.768) and were correlated (p.01) with a convergent validity measure. Conclusion: This study successfully validated a two-factor scale which captures stress associated with the day to day provision of EMS and the interaction with allied professions. The development of this measure of transactional stresses further expands the potential that paramedics, Paramedic Services, employers, and prehospital physicians may understand the dynamics that influence provider health and safety. As a result, there may be greater opportunities to intervene holistically to improve paramedic health and well-being.

Psychology of Computer Use: XXXV. Differences in Computer Users' Stress and Self-Concept in College Personnel and Students

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 931-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Hudiburg ◽  
James R. Necessary
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Moderator Effect ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Midwestern University ◽  
Buffering Hypothesis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
College Personnel

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.

scholarly journals Immediate Effect of Posture Correction of Trapezius Activity in Computer Users Having Neck Pain – An Electromyographic Analysis

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanwalpreet Kaur ◽  
Pooja Das ◽  
P. Lenka ◽  
Shahhawaz Anwer
Keyword(s):  
Neck Pain ◽  
Computer Use ◽  
Neck Disability Index ◽  
Trapezius Muscle ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
Postural Correction ◽  
Group B ◽  
Lower Trapezius

Objectives: Aberrant activity of the trapezius muscle and associated postural abnormalities have been identified as potential factors for neck pain in computer users, thus postural correction is often advocated. The purpose of this trial was to examine the effect of specific scapular postural correction exercises on middle and lower trapezius activity. Methods: Sixty participants matched for the duration of daily computer use were included in the study. Twenty had no neck pain and exhibited “good” scapular posture (constituting Control group C), while forty reported pain (Neck Disability Index ≥ 15/100) for ≥ 3 months over 12 month period. The latter were randomly allocated to one of the two groups (A and B). Electromyographic recordings were taken from the middle and lower trapezius at rest and during typing. After 20-minutes of typing participants in group A (n=20) practiced scapular postural correction exercises while participants in group B (n=20) relaxed. Electromyographic recordings were repeated in a second typing task. Results: Following correction of the scapular posture in group A, middle trapezius activity became similar to the control group (P = 0.229) with no effect on lower trapezius activity (P < 0.001). Significant normalization did not occur after relaxation exercises (P = 0.004). Conclusion: Intermittent scapular postural correction exercises were effective in altering the middle and lower trapezius activity during computer use and may be advised for prevention of neck pain.

Consenting to Computer Use

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Grimmelmann
Keyword(s):  
Computer Use ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Computer User ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Legal Question ◽  
Factual Question ◽  
Fact Finding ◽  
Authorized Access ◽  
Computer Fraud

The federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) makes it a crime to “access[] a computer without authorization or exceed[] authorized access.” Courts and commentators have struggled to explain what types of conduct by a computer user are “without authorization.” But this approach is backwards; authorization is not so much a question of what a computer user does, as it is a question of what a computer owner allows.In other words, authorization under the CFAA is an issue of consent, not conduct; to understand authorization, we need to understand consent. Building on Peter Westen’s taxonomy of consent, I argue that we should distinguish between the factual question of what uses a computer owner manifests her consent to and the legal question of what uses courts will deem her to have consented to. Doing so allows us to distinguish the different kinds of questions presented by different kinds of CFAA cases, and to give clearer and more precise answers to all of them. Some cases require careful fact-finding about what reasonable computer users in the defendant’s position would have known about the owner’s expressed intentions; other cases require frank pol-icy judgments about which kinds of unwanted uses should be considered serious enough to trigger the CFAA.Published: 84 George Washington Law Review 1500 (2016)

Effectiveness of self-instructional information on knowledge of office ergonomics among computer users in educational institutions in North-Eastern Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganiyu Oluwaleke Shokunbi ◽  
Gabriel George
Keyword(s):  
Computer Use ◽  
T Test ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Instructional Information ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Paired T Test

Background: The use of computers has increased among adolescents, as have musculoskeletal symptoms. There is evidence that these symptoms can be reduced through ergonomic approaches via educationObjectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of self-instructional information on knowledge regarding office ergonomics among computer users. Methods: 170 computer users among the staffs of selected higher educational institutions in Nigeria participated in this study. The occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) workstation checklist was used to assess the level of knowledge of office ergonomics. The work Safely with Visual Display Terminal (WSVDT) booklet was used to provide instructional information on office ergonomics. Both the OSHA checklist and WSVDT booklet were administered and collected by hand. Paired t-test and Kendall’s correlation coefficients were used for data analysis. Statistical significance was set at an alpha level of 0.05Results: The pre-information and post-information knowledge scores of office ergonomic were 22.78±6.61 and 31.05±2.82 respectively.  Paired t test showed a significant difference in the pre information and post -information knowledge scores of the participants (t = 20.495, P value = 0.000). Kendall’s correlation coefficient value (r) of the association between changes in the level of knowledge of office computer ergonomic and age, level of education of computer users, levels of computer use; i.e., daily computer use, weekly computer use and total period of computer use,  were -0.28, 0.34, 0.59, 0.24 and 0.07, respectively. Age did not show a statistically significant correlation with changes in the knowledge of office ergonomic (P > 0.05) whereas the level of educational qualifications and all levels of duration of computer use did show significant correlation (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Findings from this study showed that instructional information on computer office ergonomics increased the level of knowledge of office ergonomics among computer users in selected institutions of learning in Nigeria. It also showed that the level of education and duration of computer use increased with an increase in the changes in the level of knowledge of computer office ergonomics among computer users.

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