Will online chat help alleviate mood loneliness?

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-223

  Hu, Mu ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CHARACTER; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749113871     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0134     Document Type: Article

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