Feeling bad on facebook: Depression disclosures by college students on a social networking site

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 447-455

  Moreno, Megan A ^a   Jelenchick, Lauren A ^a   Egan, Katie G ^a   Cox, Elizabeth ^a   Young, Henry ^b   Gannon, Kerry E ^a   Becker, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent medicine; Internet; Mental health; Self disclosure; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACEBOOK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEB BROWSER;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959819787     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20805     Document Type: Article

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