Disembodiment in online social interaction: Impact of online chat on social support and psychosocial well-being

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-477

  Kang, Seok ^a  

^a ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYBERNETICS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONELINESS; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ONLINE DISEMBODIMENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TECHNOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34347258178     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9929     Document Type: Article

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