Are Facebook "friends" Helpful? Development of a Facebook-Based Measure of Social Support and Examination of Relationships among Depression, Quality of Life, and Social Support

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 499-505

  McCloskey, Wilfred ^a   Iwanicki, Sierra ^a   Lauterbach, Dean ^a   Giammittorio, David M ^a,b   Maxwell, Kendal ^a,c  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941130485     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0538     Document Type: Article

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