Facebook use and the tendency to ruminate among college students: Testing mediational hypotheses

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-394

  Locatelli, Sara ^a   Kluwe, Katharina ^b   Bryant, Fred ^b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84867291297     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: 15414140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EC.46.4.d     Document Type: Article

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