The Effects of Stigmatizing Discourse on the Quality of On-Line Relationships

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-84

  Wildermuth, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 1442353429     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109493104322820147     Document Type: Article

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