Smartphone usage in the 21st century: Who is active on WhatsApp?

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Montag, Christian ^a,c   Błaszkiewicz, Konrad ^b   Sariyska, Rayna ^a   Lachmann, Bernd ^a   Andone, Ionut ^b   Trendafilov, Boris ^b   Eibes, Mark ^b   Markowetz, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Molecular Psychology Zentrum für Biomedizinische Forschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Conscientiousness; Education; Extraversion; Gender; Personality; Whatsapp

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938545413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1280-z     Document Type: Article

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