Psychological sense of community in groups on the internet

Behaviour Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-146

  Forster, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 9244231764     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.21.2.141.55421     Document Type: Article

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