Cyber relationship motives: Scale development and validation

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-300

  Wang, Chih Chien ^a   Chang, Ya Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyber relationship; Online dating; Online friendship

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950344710     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2010.38.3.289     Document Type: Article

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