Delineating the dimensions of social support on social networking sites and their effects: A comparative model

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 421-430

  Lin, Xiaolin ^a   Zhang, Dawei ^b   Li, Yibai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Continuance; Online social support; Social networking site(s); Social support

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; WEBSITES;

COMMITMENT; COMPARATIVE MODELING; CONTINUANCE; INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES (SNSS); SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER; HUMAN; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84955600028     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.01.017     Document Type: Article

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