Social Media Use and Perceived Social Isolation Among Young Adults in the U.S.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-8

  Primack, Brian A ^a,b   Shensa, Ariel ^a,b   Sidani, Jaime E ^a,b   Whaite, Erin O ^a,b   Lin, Liu yi ^a,c   Rosen, Daniel ^a   Colditz, Jason B ^a,b   Radovic, Ana ^a,b   Miller, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MODEL; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014428182     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.01.010     Document Type: Article

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