Internet use and the self concept: Linking specific uses to global self-esteem

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-18

  Rohall, David E ^a,b   Cotten, Shelia R ^c   Morgan, Charlie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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