Interpersonal sensitivity and problematic facebook use in Turkish University students

Anthropologist

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 395-403

  Eraslan Capan, Bahtiyar ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Interpersonal worry and dependency; Low self esteem; Multiple regression; Social media; Unassertive behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957889188     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2015.11891829     Document Type: Article

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