Who does what on Facebook? Age, sex, and relationship status as predictors of Facebook use

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2359-2365

  McAndrew, Francis T ^a   Jeong, Hye Sun ^a  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Facebook; Impression management; Internet psychology; Sex differences; Social networking

Indexed keywords

AGE DIFFERENCES; EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; FACEBOOK; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; MAIN EFFECT; MEAN AGES; OLDER PEOPLE; ONLINE SURVEYS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELL BEING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84865633379     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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