Adolescents online: The importance of internet activity choices to salient relationships

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 522-536

  Blais, Julie J ^a   Craig, Wendy M ^a   Pepler, Debra ^b   Connolly, Jennifer ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best friendships; Chat rooms; Instant messaging; Internet; Online games; Relationship quality; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449110017     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9262-7     Document Type: Article

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