Facebooking for health: An examination into the solicitation and effects of health-related social support on social networking sites

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2072-2080

  Oh, Hyun Jung ^a   Lauckner, Carolyn ^a   Boehmer, Jan ^a   Fewins Bliss, Ryan ^a   Li, Kang ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Health self efficacy; Health related social support; Online information seeking

Indexed keywords

EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS; FACEBOOK; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; ON-LINE INFORMATION; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

INFORMATION USE; MODEL STRUCTURES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

HEALTH;

EID: 84877326655     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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