Friends, followers, peers, and posts: adolescents' in-person and online friendship networks and social media use influences on friendship closeness via the importance of technology for social connection

IntroductionWith the proliferation of smartphones, social media access and use is ubiquitous. As such, many adolescent friendships now comprise both in-person and online contexts. Our paper explores the relationship between these contexts in two parts: the first is an exploratory comparison of in-pe...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Al-Jbouri, Anthony A. Volk, Natalie Spadafora, Naomi C. Z. Andrews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Developmental Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdpys.2024.1419756/full