Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.7906/indecs.24.5.8

Contextual Technostress and Coping-Related Responses in the Digital Age: Evidence from a Hungarian Survey

Péter Szikora orcid.org/0000-0001-8680-3880 ; Óbuda University – Keleti Károly Faculty of Business and Management, Budapest, Hungary *

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

Technostress is an increasingly relevant consequence of everyday digitalisation, but its intensity may depend more on perceived technological demands than on device use itself. This study examines contextual technostress, technology-related attitudes, coping-related responses, and demographic differences using data from a Hungarian online survey. The principal analytical sample comprised 941 respondents with complete data on the main study variables, after excluding one case with an implausible age value. Contextual technostress was measured across home, travel, work, and education and showed good reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0,806). Technology-change pressure (α = 0,781) and coping-related responses (α = 0,768) were also analysed as composite measures. Hierarchical regression showed that technology-change pressure, social-media involvement, coping-related responses, coping deficit, and student status were significantly associated with contextual technostress in the fully adjusted model. The final model explained 22,5% of the variance, with technology-change pressure emerging as the strongest predictor. Device count, employment status, education, and age were not significant in the fully adjusted model. The findings indicate that contextual technostress is more closely associated with perceived adaptation pressure and coping-related experiences than with device count alone. Because the data are cross-sectional, the positive association between coping-related responses and technostress should be interpreted cautiously.

Keywords

technostress; technology-change pressure; coping-related responses; coping deficit; digitalisation

Hrčak ID:

349658

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/349658

Publication date:

30.10.2026.

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