"A nation- and gendered-based study about the relationship between the Big Five and motives for Internet use: A Hungarian and Israeli comparison"

Theory and Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Gombor, Anita ^a   Vas, Liliana ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Big five; Hungarian; Internet motivation; Israeli; Medical students

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849125385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15275558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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