The Facebook Experiment: Quitting Facebook Leads to Higher Levels of Well-Being

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 661-666

  Tromholt, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

emotions; Facebook, experiment; life satisfaction; well being

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; WELLBEING; ADULT; EMOTION; FEMALE; MALE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADULT; DENMARK; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84995489057     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0259     Document Type: Article

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