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This study proposed the question of whether or not social capital via Facebook had any relationship to an individual’s physical and/or mental health and introduces a new measure of social capital via Facebook, the adapted resource generator. A significant correlation between social capital via Facebook and mental health was found.
Advisor: | Buente, Wayne |
Commitee: | Buskirk, Patricia A., Dalisay, Francis |
School: | University of Hawai'i at Manoa |
Department: | Communication |
School Location: | United States -- Hawaii |
Source: | MAI 58/02M(E), Masters Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Mental health, Communication, Web Studies |
Keywords: | Facebook, Health, Mental health, Social capital, Wellness |
Publication Number: | 10974640 |
ISBN: | 978-0-438-56265-3 |