Online Social Networking Sites and Mental Health Research
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Online Social Networking Sites and Mental Health Research
Socializing and networking was transformed in the technological era by the introduction of social networking sites (SNSs). These online sites contain an abundance of information about individual preferences, interests, types, and frequency of social interactions, etc. However, scientific studies that have utilized SNS activity data to aid our understanding of mental health disorders are scarce....
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00036