Social Media Use and Perceived Emotional Support Among US Young Adults

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 541-549

  Shensa, Ariel ^a,b   Sidani, Jaime E ^a,b   Lin, Liu yi ^a   Bowman, Nicholas D ^c   Primack, Brian A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional support; Nationally representative data; PROMIS (patient reported outcomes measurement information system); Social media; Social networks; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODEL; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948706026     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0128-8     Document Type: Article

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