A study of online misrepresentation, self-disclosure, cyber-relationship motives, and loneliness among teenagers in Taiwan

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-18

  Huang, Chiao Ling ^a   Yang, Shu Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84874240328     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: 15414140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EC.48.1.a     Document Type: Article

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