It's better to give than to receive: The role of social support, trust, and participation on health-related social networking sites

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1424-1439

  Hether, Heather J ^a   Murphy, Sheila T ^b   Valente, Thomas W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919479451     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2014.894596     Document Type: Article

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