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Mood, Stress & Social Support

Development of the ‘SNS older adults measure’ (SNS-OA) to examine social network site use in older adults

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Pages 68-77 | Received 11 Jun 2019, Accepted 24 Sep 2019, Published online: 11 Oct 2019

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