The relationship between socializing on the Spanish online networking site Tuenti and teenagers' subjective wellbeing: The roles of self-esteem and loneliness

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1282-1289

  Apaolaza, Vanessa ^a   Hartmann, Patrick ^a   Medina, Esteban ^b   Barrutia, Jose M ^a   Echebarria, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Like Social Media   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Loneliness; Self esteem; Social networking site; Socializing; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENTS; LONELINESS; SELF-ESTEEM; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIALIZING; WELLBEING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84874683365     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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