Emotional Support and Perceived Stress Among College Students Using Facebook.com: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Source Perceptions and Emotional Support

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-184

  Wright, Kevin B ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional Support; Perceived Stress; Social Networking Sites; Source Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864671102     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824096.2012.695957     Document Type: Article

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