Loneliness and new technologies in a group of Roman adolescents

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 691-709

  Prezza, Miretta ^a   Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Dinelli, Serena ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Use of computer; Use of Internet; Use of mobile phone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TELEPHONE SETS;

LONELINESS; USE OF COMPUTER; USE OF INTERNET; USE OF MOBILE PHONE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 3042599320     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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