Objective Facebook behaviour: Differences between problematic and non-problematic users

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 541-546

  Marino, Claudia ^a,b   Finos, Livio ^a   Vieno, Alessio ^a   Lenzi, Michela ^a   Spada, Marcantonio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Objective Facebook behaviour; Problematic Facebook use; Young adults

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL TESTS; STUDENTS;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; FACEBOOK; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; STANDARD DEVIATION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85017287511     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.015     Document Type: Article

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