Can you tell who i am? Neuroticism, extraversion, and online self-presentation among young adults

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-183

  Michikyan, Minas ^a   Subrahmanyam, Kaveri ^a   Dennis, Jessica ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Facebook; Neuroticism; Personality; Self presentation; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893941198     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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