Originally Posted by hnechets
A study about "hassle" at airports?
Hey, this might be legit, but the first thing that went through my mind was my thesis advisor's skin catching fire and peeling away from his face. The second thing that went through my mind was the chair of the thesis committee sliding a 3 X 5 card across the table to me and saying, "Mr. Nechetsky, please provide us with appropriate citations in proffesional journals that adequately define "hassle."
I wasn't even asleep and I woke up in a cold sweat...
Thank you for your reply. Your intuition is correct, there is not much prior research on hassle (although there is a some). We take a particular and novel approach -- focusing on the emotional and cognitive dimensions of hassle experiences. We plan (i.e., sometime this summer) to study specific, well defined experiences of travelers at airports and explore how they affect those cognitions and emotions. Do not worry about skin peeling off -- things are not that out of the ordinary, and sometimes new strands of research are given a chance to emerge.
Cheers,
--Martin