Knowing when not to use the Internet: Shyness and adolescents' on-line and off-line interactions with friends

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-57

  Laghi, Fiorenzo ^a   Schneider, Barry H ^b   Vitoroulis, Irene ^b   Coplan, Robert J ^c   Baiocco, Roberto ^a   Amichai Hamburger, Yair ^d   Hudek, Natasha ^b   Koszycki, Diana ^b   Miller, Scott ^d   Flament, Martine ^b  

^a Municipality of Rome   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Electronic communication; Loneliness; Off line interactions; On line interactions; Shyness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; LONELINESS; PEER INTERACTIONS; SHYNESS; WEBLOGS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84868214744     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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