The role of attachment style in building social capital from a social networking site: The interplay of anxiety and avoidance

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1499-1509

  Lee, Doo Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Attachment theory; Social capital; Social networking site (SNS)

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT STYLE; ATTACHMENT THEORY; BONDING SOCIAL CAPITALS; BRIDGING SOCIAL CAPITALS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84874888974     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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