Internet communication: An activity that appeals to shy and socially phobic people?

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 618-622

  Madell, Dominic ^a,b   Muncer, Steven ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SHYNESS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33947693742     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.618     Document Type: Article

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