Facebook, quality of life and mental health outcomes in post-disaster urban environments: the L’Aquila earthquake experience

Facebook, quality of life and mental health outcomes in post-disaster urban environments: the L’Aquila earthquake experience

BackgroundAn understudied area of interest in post-disaster public health is individuals’ use of social networks as a potential determinant of quality of life (QOL) and mental health outcomes. A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out to examine whether continual use of online social...

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Main Authors: Francesco eMasedu, Monica eMazza, Chiara eDi Giovanni, Anna eCalvarese, Sergio eTiberti, Vittorio eSconci, MARCO eVALENTI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Depression
Earthquakes
Mental Health
Quality of Life
PTSD
online social network
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00286/full

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