Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue Scale

@article{Fauville2021ZoomE,
  title={Zoom Exhaustion \& Fatigue Scale},
  author={G{\'e}raldine Fauville and Mufan Luo and Anna Carolina Muller Queiroz and Jeremy N. Bailenson and Jeffrey T. Hancock},
  journal={SSRN Electronic Journal},
  year={2021}
}
Abstract In 2020, video conferencing went from a novelty to a necessity, and usage skyrocketed due to shelter-in-place throughout the world. However, there is a scarcity of academic research on the psychological effects and mechanisms of video conferencing, and scholars need tools to understand this drastically scaled usage. The current paper presents the development and validation of the Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue Scale (ZEF Scale). In one qualitative study, we developed a set of interview… 
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