Comparison of human anxiety based on different cultural backgrounds

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-446

  Kalwar, Santosh Kumar ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; INTERNET; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 77955866827     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0380     Document Type: Article

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