Net-friends: Adolescents' attitudes and experiences vs. teachers' concerns

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2394-2413

  Chou, Chien ^a   Peng, Hsinyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Internet friendship; Net friends; Online relationship; Taiwan adolescents

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERNET; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

CYBERSPACE; INTERNET FRIENDSHIP; ONLINE RELATIONSHIP; TAIWAN ADOLESCENTS;

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE;

EID: 33947582432     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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