What does media use reveal about personality and mental health? An exploratory investigation among German students

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Brailovskaia, Julia ^a   Margraf, Jürgen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; STUDENT; VIDEO GAME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STUDENTS; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85041046536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191810     Document Type: Article

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