The role of intentions in facebook usage among educated youth in Pakistan: An extension of the theory of planned behavior

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue , 2017, Pages 188-195

  Tariq, Jawad ^a   Sajjad, Amal ^b   Usman, Ahmed ^b   Amjad, Aaisha ^b  

^a Government Islamia College   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Extending theory; Facebook functionality and intentions; Pakistan; Social networking websites (SNWs); Technologically simple societies; Theory of planned behavior (TPB)

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEBSITES;

EXTENDING THEORY; FACEBOOK; PAKISTAN; TECHNOLOGICALLY SIMPLE SOCIETIES; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PAKISTAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS; STUDENT; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 85018634148     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.045     Document Type: Article

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