Affinity-seeking, social loneliness, and social avoidance among facebook users

Psychological Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 545-552

  Lemieux, Robert ^a   Lajoie, Sean ^a   Trainor, Nathan E ^a  

^a MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENT;

FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84878239822     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/07.PR0.112.2.545-552     Document Type: Article

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