College students' use of electronic communication with parents: Links to loneliness, attachment, and relationship quality

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 71-74

  Gentzler, Amy L ^a   Oberhauser, Ann M ^a   Westerman, David ^a   Nadorff, Danielle K ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; STUDENTS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951911650     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0409     Document Type: Article

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