Sharing, liking, commenting, and distressed? the pathway between Facebook interaction and psychological distress

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 728-734

  Chen, Wenhong ^a   Lee, Kye Hyoung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883268461     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0272     Document Type: Article

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