Predicting Social Networking Site (SNS) use: Personality, attitudes, motivation and Internet self-efficacy

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-124

  Wang, Jin Liang ^a   Jackson, Linda A ^b   Wang, Hai Zhen ^c   Gaskin, James ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chongqing Industry and Trade Vocational and Technical College   (China)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Internet self efficacy; Motivations; Personality traits; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924578533     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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