A longitudinal study of the relation between adolescent boys and girls' computer use with friends and friendship quality: Support for the social compensation or the rich-get-richer hypothesis?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 896-905

  Desjarlais, Malinda ^a   Willoughby, Teena ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computers; Friendship quality; Internet; Online communication; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER USE; FRIENDSHIP QUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAIN EFFECT; MODERATING FACTORS; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION;

INTERNET;

EID: 77955269399     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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