Make new friends or keep the old: Gender and personality differences in social networking use

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-112

  Muscanell, Nicole L ^a   Guadagno, Rosanna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Five factor model; Gender; Individual differences; Internet; Personality; Social networking

Indexed keywords

BIG FIVE; FACEBOOK; FIVE-FACTOR MODEL; GENDER; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INSTANT MESSAGING; ONLINE BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 80255129215     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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