Social support exchanges in a social media community for people living with HIV/AIDS in China

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 693-696

  Chen, Liang ^a   Shi, Jingyuan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; social media; social network analysis; social support; social ties

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHINA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP;

CHINA; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84937253198     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.991678     Document Type: Article

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