Internet use in adulthood: Loneliness, computer anxiety and education

Behaviour Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-114

  Matanda, Maona ^a   Jenvey, Vickii B ^a   Phillips, James G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 9244255252     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.21.2.103.55424     Document Type: Article

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