Addictive behavior in relation to the Happy Farm facebook application

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 539-553

  Wu, Pi Chu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Addiction; Facebook; Happy Farm game; Interpersonal relationships; Materialism; Online games; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878079923     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2013.41.4.539     Document Type: Article

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