Association of demographics, motives and intensity of using Social Networking Sites with the formation of bonding and bridging social capital in Pakistan

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 107-114

  Ahmad, Saeed ^a   Mustafa, Mudasir ^b   Ullah, Ahsan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bonding social capital; Bridging social capital; Intensity of SNS use; Motives of SNS; Pakistan; Self esteem; Social networking sites (SNS)

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

BONDING SOCIAL CAPITALS; BRIDGING SOCIAL CAPITALS; INTENSITY OF SNS USE; PAKISTAN; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADULT; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARENTHOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84950993511     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.027     Document Type: Article

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