Loneliness and Social Internet Use: Pathways to Reconnection in a Digital World?

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 70-87

  Nowland, Rebecca ^a   Necka, Elizabeth A ^b   Cacioppo, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

individual differences; interpersonal relations; loneliness; reconnection

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRAWING; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; LONELINESS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; HUMAN RELATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85040375107     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691617713052     Document Type: Article

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