Gender stereotypes in Facebook profiles: Are women more female online?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 559-564

  Oberst, Ursula ^a   Renau, Vanessa ^a   Chamarro, Andrés ^b   Carbonell, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Facebook; Internet gender issues; Personal well being; Social networking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

ADOLESCENTS; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS; FACEBOOK; GENDER ISSUES; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; WELL BEING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX ROLE; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 84959451535     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.085     Document Type: Article

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