Participation in social network sites: Associations with the quality of offline and online friendships in German preadolescents and adolescents
Vol.10,No.2(2016)
Social network site; social media; friendship quality; preadolescents and adolescents; online and offline friendships
Michael Glüer
Arnold Lohaus
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