Building trusting relationships in online health communities

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 650-657

  Zhao, Jing ^a   Ha, Sejin ^b   Widdows, Richard ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPATHY; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884233857     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0348     Document Type: Article

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