A comparison of offline and online friendship qualities at different stages of relationship development

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-320

  Chan, Darius K S ^a   Cheng, Grand H L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Friendship qualities; Hong kong; Internet users; Online versus offline friendships

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542638690     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504042834     Document Type: Article

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