Current scholarship knows little about what forms of social support are the major benefits of
Social Network Sites (SNSs) use. To solve this problem, this study examined the association …

Teenagers are among the most prolific users of social network sites (SNS). Emerging
studies find that youth spend a considerable portion of their daily life interacting through …

Existing work on the effects of social network sites (SNS) on well-being has often stressed
that SNS can help people gain social support from their online networks, which positively …

People around the globe now regularly interact with family and friends through social
network sites (SNSs). In this article, we investigated the differences between social …

Despite the recent popularity of online social networks, there are few available studies that
explain the differences between real life and internet social networks. Authoritative …

The increasing use of social media has changed communication habits among parents and
provides the opportunity to access social support online. This paper explored parents' use of …

This review critically examines 19 international articles addressing online social support for
parents and provides evidence that parents around the world perceive emotional and …

Today's young generation (often called Millennials, GenY, or Generation Me) are the first to
grow up with the Internet and social networking websites. Have these experiences led to …

The purpose of this study is to examine whether supportive interactions on social networking
sites mediate the influence of SNS use and the number of SNS friends on perceived social …

The first aim of this study was to investigate the concurrent and longitudinal relationships
between adolescents' use of social network sites (SNSs) and their social self-esteem. The …