Abstract
Effects of computer aided technology on affective psychological well-being. The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between the experience using a computer-aided technology (i.e., chat-internet) and the user's affective well-being (i.e., satisfaction, -lack of anxiety- and enthusiasm), taking into account the modulator role of the attitudes towards technologies. A longitudinal-lab experimental design has been done, with two times of data collection. Sample was composed by 28 groups of 5 people each one. The experimental condition in the current study is the group communication system used: groups using "chat-internet" as the group communication system, and groups working face-to-face. Based in Warr 's model (1987, 1990), satisfaction, anxiety and enthusiasm variables were studied in relation with the use of technology. Results show the importance of considering the end-user attitudes towards technologies because of its modulator effect.
