Activities on Facebook reveal the depressive state of users

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Park, Sungkyu ^a   Lee, Sang Won ^a   Kwak, Jinah ^a   Cha, Meeyoung ^a   Jeong, Bumseok ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Facebook; Internet; Mental health; Online social network (OSN) activities; Web application

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; FACEBOOK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK (OSN) ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH KOREA; WEB APPLICATION;

DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; FACEBOOK; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK (OSN) ACTIVITIES; WEB APPLICATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84887959691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2718     Document Type: Article

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