Open AccessThe influence of health-specific social network site use on the psychological well-being of cancer-affected people
Author(s) -
Seyedezahra Shadi Erfani,
Yvette Blount,
Babak Abedin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocv170
Subject(s) - social connectedness , psychology , social network (sociolinguistics) , perspective (graphical) , social support , applied psychology , social media , social psychology , world wide web , computer science , artificial intelligence
We aimed to explore and examine how and in what ways the use of social network sites (SNSs) can improve health outcomes, specifically better psychological well-being, for cancer-affected people.
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