Having Responsive Facebook Friends Affects the Satisfaction of Psychological Needs More Than Having Many Facebook Friends

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 252-258

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Mügge, Dirk O ^a   Bollermann, Irina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 84901409403     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2014.900619     Document Type: Article

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