The effect of sensory-processing sensitivity on social preference for online interaction and associated outcome on psychological wellbeing

On havaittu, että jotkut ihmiset viettävät mieluummin aikaa ihmisten kanssa Internetissä kuin kasvotusten tapahtuvassa vuorovaikutuksessa. Useiden yksilöllisten seikkojen, kuten persoonallisuudenpiirteiden ja psyykkisten vaikeuksien vaikutuksia tähän on tutkittu, mutta tulokset ovat olleet ristiriit...

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Main Author: Valojää, Anton
Other Authors: Faculty of Information Technology, Informaatioteknologian tiedekunta, Tietojenkäsittelytieteiden laitos, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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title The effect of sensory-processing sensitivity on social preference for online interaction and associated outcome on psychological wellbeing
title_full The effect of sensory-processing sensitivity on social preference for online interaction and associated outcome on psychological wellbeing
title_fullStr The effect of sensory-processing sensitivity on social preference for online interaction and associated outcome on psychological wellbeing The effect of sensory-processing sensitivity on social preference for online interaction and associated outcome on psychological wellbeing
title_full_unstemmed The effect of sensory-processing sensitivity on social preference for online interaction and associated outcome on psychological wellbeing The effect of sensory-processing sensitivity on social preference for online interaction and associated outcome on psychological wellbeing
title_short The effect of sensory-processing sensitivity on social preference for online interaction and associated outcome on psychological wellbeing
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