Text messaging, personality, and the social context

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-99

  Holtgraves, Thomas ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language; Language use; Personality; Texting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751525567     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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