Participating in health issue-specific social networking sites to quit smoking: How does online social interconnectedness influence smoking cessation self-efficacy?

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 933-952

  Phua, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84884943761     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12054     Document Type: Article

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