Growing Up Wired: Social Networking Sites and Adolescent Psychosocial Development

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Spies Shapiro, Lauren A ^a   Margolin, Gayla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent psychosocial development; Friendships; Identity; Self esteem; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84897580054     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-013-0135-1     Document Type: Review

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