Psychologists' Attitudes and Ethical Concerns Regarding the Use of Social Networking Web Sites

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-159

  Taylor, Laura ^a   McMinn, Mark R ^a   Bufford, Rodger K ^a   Chang, Kelly B T ^a  

^a GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Internet; MySpace; self disclosure; social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950940296     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017996     Document Type: Article

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