title: Psychology of computer use: XXXI. Relating computer users' stress, daily hassles, somatic complaints, and anxiety.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of North Alabama, Florence 35632.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hudiburg
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001143:Arousal; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*