To text or not to text? the importance of text messaging among college-aged youth

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 744-756

  Skierkowski, Dorothy ^a   Wood, Rebecca M ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Dependence; Mobile phones; Social relations; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; DAILY LIVING; DEPENDENCE; INTEGRATED ELEMENTS; NON-COMPLIANCE; PEER GROUPS; SOCIAL RELATIONS; TEXT MESSAGING; TEXTING;

MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE SETS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84855561344     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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