Young adults' use of communication technology within their romantic relationships and associations with attachment style

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1771-1778

  Morey, Jennifer N ^a   Gentzler, Amy L ^a   Creasy, Brian ^b   Oberhauser, Ann M ^a   Westerman, David ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; College students; Communication technology; Computer mediated communication; Individual differences; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT; COLLEGE STUDENTS; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTRONIC MAIL; STUDENTS; TELEPHONE SETS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84875717037     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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