Relational maintenance on social network sites: How Facebook communication predicts relational escalation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-131

  Sosik, Victoria Schwanda ^a   Bazarova, Natalya N ^b  

^a Social Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Relational stability and change; Relationship maintenance behaviors; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FORECASTING; MAINTENANCE; TOOLS;

COMMUNICATION CONTENT; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; FACEBOOK; LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; RELATIONAL STABILITY AND CHANGE; RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE BEHAVIORS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84896908354     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.044     Document Type: Article

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