The present and future of positive technologies

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-84

  Botella, Cristina ^a,b,c   Riva, Giuseppe ^d,e   Gaggioli, Andrea ^d,e   Wiederhold, Brenda K ^f,g   Alcaniz, Mariano ^c,d,e,f,g,h   Baños, Rosa M ^b,c  

^a Universidad Jaume I de Castellón   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^f Virtual Reality Medical Institute   (Belgium)

^g VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EMOTION; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY;

EMOTIONS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL NETWORKING; TECHNOLOGY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84856812923     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0140     Document Type: Article

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