Social Presence and Use of Internet-Delivered Interventions: A Multi-Method Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Crutzen, Rik ^a   Cyr, Dianne ^b   Larios, Hector ^c   Ruiter, Robert A C ^a   de Vries, Nanne K ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874269036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057067     Document Type: Article

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