Putting their best foot forward: Emotional disclosure on facebook

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 569-572

  Qiu, Lin ^a   Lin, Han ^a   Leung, Angela K ^b   Tov, William ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867566444     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0200     Document Type: Article

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