Online communication and adolescent well-being: Testing the stimulation versus the displacement hypothesis

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1169-1182

  Valkenburg, Patti M ^a,b   Peter, Jochen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAT ROOMS; DISPLACERS; INSTANT MESSAGING; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; MODERATING EFFECT; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; ONLINE SURVEYS; TIME-SPENT; WELL BEING;

EID: 34548236524     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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