Text messaging and connectedness within close interpersonal relationships

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 697-716

  Pettigrew, Jonathan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMC; Connectedness; Interpersonal relationships; Relational dialectics; SMS; Text messages

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649196881     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494920903224269     Document Type: Article

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