Ethnic/racial homogeneity in college students' Facebook friendship networks and subjective well-being

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-443

  Seder, J Patrick ^a   Oishi, Shigehiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Facebook; Friendship network; Positive affect; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949163283     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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