Do Facebook Status Updates Reflect Subjective Well-Being?

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 373-379

  Liu, Pan ^a   Tov, William ^a   Kosinski, Michal ^b   Stillwell, David J ^c   Qiu, Lin ^d  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; WELLBEING; ADULT; EMOTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957876521     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0022     Document Type: Article

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