The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-49

  Appel, Helmut ^a   Gerlach, Alexander L ^a   Crusius, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 84950275209     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.10.006     Document Type: Review

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