Social networking online and personality of self-worth: A meta-analysis

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-89

  Liu, Dong ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural difference; Gender difference; Narcissism; Self esteem; Social Network Site (SNS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983762671     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.024     Document Type: Article

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