A longitudinal study of the relation between adolescent boys and girls' computer use with friends and friendship quality: Support for the social compensation or the rich-get-richer hypothesis?

@article{Desjarlais2010ALS,
  title={A longitudinal study of the relation between adolescent boys and girls' computer use with friends and friendship quality: Support for the social compensation or the rich-get-richer hypothesis?},
  author={Malinda Desjarlais and Teena Willoughby},
  journal={Comput. Hum. Behav.},
  year={2010},
  volume={26},
  pages={896-905}
}
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