Users divided? Exploring the gender gap in Internet use

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 517-527

  Shaw, Lindsay H ^a,b   Gant, Larry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036933010     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109493102321018150     Document Type: Article

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