The effect of social networking websites on positive self-views: An experimental investigation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1929-1933

  Gentile, Brittany ^a   Twenge, Jean M ^b   Freeman, Elise C ^b   Campbell, W Keith ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Personality; Social networking

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; CONTROL GROUPS; CONTROL TASK; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FACEBOOK; GOOGLE MAPS; IDENTITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TRAITS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

EXPERIMENTS; STUDENTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84863728709     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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