Facebook use, envy, and depression among college students: Is facebooking depressing?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-146

  Tandoc, Edson C ^a   Ferrucci, Patrick ^b   Duffy, Margaret ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Envy; Facebook; Social media; Students

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COLLEGE STUDENTS; DEPRESSION; ENVY; FACEBOOK; SOCIAL MEDIA;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84911494787     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.10.053     Document Type: Article

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