Gettinghealthy: The perceived influence of social media on young adult health behaviors

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-157

  Vaterlaus, J Mitchell ^a   Patten, Emily V ^b   Roche, Cesia ^c   Young, Jimmy A ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Exercise; Health; Social ecological theory; Social media; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HEALTH; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXERCISE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIORS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TIME-PERIODS; YOUNG ADULTHOOD;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84921358486     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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