Display of alcohol use on Facebook: A content analysis

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 497-503

  Beullens, Kathleen ^a,b,c   Schepers, Adriaan ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BELGIUM; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880554427     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.0044     Document Type: Article

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