Effects of motives for internet use, aloneness, and age identity gratifications on online social behaviors and social support among adolescents

Adolescent Online Social Communication and Behavior: Relationship Formation on the Internet

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 120-135

  Leung, Louis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-926-7.ch008     Document Type: Chapter

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