Profiling the non-users: Examination of life-position indicators, sensation seeking, shyness, and loneliness among users and non-users of social network sites

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1960-1965

  Sheldon, Pavica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Facebook; Life satisfaction; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DIVIDE; FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION; FACEBOOK; IF THERE ARE; LIFE SATISFACTION; SENSATION-SEEKING; SOCIAL NETWORKS; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84863722420     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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