Seeking social support on Facebook for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 375-385

  Mohd Roffeei, Siti Hajar ^a   Abdullah, Noorhidawati ^a   Basar, Siti Khairatul Razifah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Facebook; Social support; Support group

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ASD; AUTISM; FACEBOOK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUPS;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAREGIVER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; INTERNET; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FAMILY; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84924517643     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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