Too much face and not enough books: The relationship between multiple indices of Facebook use and academic performance

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-198

  Junco, Reynol ^a  

^a LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Facebook; Grade point average; Hierarchical linear regression; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; FACEBOOK; GRADE POINT AVERAGE; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR REGRESSION; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 80255131278     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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