Online social networking in adolescence: Patterns of use in six European countries and links with psychosocial functioning

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-147

  Tsitsika, Artemis K ^a   Tzavela, Eleni C ^a   Janikian, Mari ^a   Ólafsson, Kjartan ^b   Iordache, Andreea ^c   Schoenmakers, Tim Michaël ^d   Tzavara, Chara ^a   Richardson, Clive ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Competencies; Internalizing; Internet; SNS; Social networks; YSR

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SKILLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903217341     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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