Children's Internet information seeking, life satisfaction, and loneliness: The mediating and moderating role of self-esteem

Computers and Education

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-28

  Liu, Ru De ^a   Shen, Cai Xia ^a   Xu, Le ^a   Gao, Qin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Media in education; Pedagogical issues

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; FOCUS GROUPS; INTERNET INFORMATION; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; TWO WAVES;

EDUCATION; INFORMATION USE;

INTERNET;

EID: 84877738294     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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