Seeing everyone else's highlight reels: How Facebook usage is linked to depressive symptoms

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 701-731

  Steers, Mai Ly N ^a   Wickham, Robert E ^b   Acitelli, Linda K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84908463652     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2014.33.8.701     Document Type: Article

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