Psychological predictors of addictive social networking sites use: The case of Serbia

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 229-234

  Milosevic Dordevic, Jasna S ^a,b   Žeželj, Iris L ^c  

^a SINGIDUNUM UNIVERSITY   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Political Studies   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Addictive tendencies in SNS use; Extraversion; Path analysis; Self efficacy; Self esteem; Traditional media exposure

Indexed keywords

ADDICTIVE TENDENCIES IN SNS USE; EXTRAVERSION; PATH ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-ESTEEM; TRADITIONAL MEDIA EXPOSURE;

POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84892164482     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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