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Frontiers in Psychology

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Reasons for Facebook Usage: Data From 46 Countries

Marta Kowal ¹

Piotr Sorokowski ¹

Agnieszka Sorokowska ¹

Małgorzata Dobrowolska ²

Katarzyna Pisanski ¹

Anna Oleszkiewicz ^{1, 3}

Toivo Aavik ⁴

Grace Akello ⁵

Charlotte Alm ⁶

Naumana Amjad ⁷

Afifa Anjum ⁷

Kelly Asao ⁸

Chiemezie S. Atama ⁹

Derya Atamtürk Duyar ¹⁰

Richard Ayebare ¹¹

Mons Bendixen ¹²

Aicha Bensafia ¹³

Boris Bizumic ¹⁴

Mahmoud Boussena ¹³

David M. Buss ¹⁵

Marina Butovskaya ¹⁶

Seda Can ¹⁷

Katarzyna Cantarero ¹⁸

Antonin Carrier ¹⁹

Hakan Cetinkaya ²⁰

Daniel Conroy-Beam ²¹

Marco A C Varella ²²

Rosa M Cueto ²³

Marcin Czub ¹

Daria Dronova ¹⁶

Seda Dural ¹⁷

Izzet Duyar ¹⁰

Berna Ertugrul ¹⁰

Agustín Espinosa ²³

Ignacio Estevan ²⁴

Carla S Esteves ²⁵

Tomasz Frackowiak ¹

Jorge Contreras Graduño ²⁶

Farida Guemaz ²⁷

Ivana Hromatko ²⁸

Chin-Ming Hui ²⁹

Iskra Herak ¹⁹

Jas L Jaafar ³⁰

Feng Jiang ³¹

Konstantinos Kafetsios ³²

Tina Kavcic ³³

Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair ¹²

Nicolas Kervyn ¹⁹

Nils C. Köbis ³⁴

András Láng ³⁵

Georgina R. Lennard ¹⁴

Ernesto León ²³

Torun Lindholm ⁶

Giulia Lopez ³⁶

Mohammad Madallh Alhabahba ³⁷

Alvaro Mailhos ²⁴

Zoi Manesi ³⁴

ROCÍO MARTÍNEZ ³⁸

Sarah L. McKerchar ¹⁴

Norbert Meskó ³⁵

Girishwar Misra ³⁹

Hoang Moc Lan ⁴⁰

Conal Monaghan ¹⁴

Emanuel C. Mora ⁴¹

Alba Moya-Garófano ³⁸

Bojan Musil ⁴²

Jean C Natividade ⁴³

George Nizharadze ⁴⁴

Elisabeth Oberzaucher ⁴⁵

Mohd S Omar Fauzee ⁴⁶

Ike E. Onyishi ⁹

Baris Özener ⁴⁷

Ariela F Pagani ³⁶

Vilmante Pakalniskiene ⁴⁸

Miriam Parise ³⁶

Farid Pazhoohi ⁴⁹

Mariia Perun ⁵⁰

Annette Pisanski ^{41, 51}

Nejc Plohl ⁴²

Camelia Popa ⁵²

Pavol Prokop ^{53, 54}

Muhammad Rizwan ⁵⁵

Mario Sainz ⁵⁶

Svjetlana Salkičević ²⁸

Ruta Sargautyte ⁴⁸

Susanne Schmehl ⁴⁵

Oksana Senyk ⁵⁰

Rizwana Shaikh ⁵⁷

Shivantika Sharad ⁵⁸

Franco Simonetti ⁵⁹

Meri Tadinac ²⁸

Truong Thi Khanh Ha ⁴⁰

Trinh Thi Linh ⁴⁰

Karina Ugalde González ⁶⁰

Nguyen Van Luot ⁴⁰

Christin-Melanie Vauclair ²⁵

Luis D Vega ⁶⁰

Gyesook Yoo ⁶¹

Stanislava Yordanova Stoyanova ⁶²

Zainab F Zadeh ⁶³

Maja Zupančič ³³

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University of Wrocław, Poland |

Silesian University of Technology, Poland |

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Smell and Taste Clinic, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, TU Dresden, Germany |

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University of Tartu, Estonia |

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Gulu University, Uganda |

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Stockholm university, Sweden |

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University of the Punjab, Pakistan |

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Westminster College, United States |

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University of Nigeria, Nigeria |

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Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Turkey |

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Grace Medical Clinic, Uganda |

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Norwegian University of Science and technology (NTNU), Norway |

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University Algiers2, Algeria |

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Australian National University, Australia |

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University of Texas at Austin, United States |

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Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russia |

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İzmir University of Economics, Turkey |

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SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland |

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University of Bordeaux, France |

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Ankara University, Turkey |

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University of California, Santa Barbara, United States |

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University of São Paulo, Brazil |

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Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru |

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University of the Republic Uruguay, Uruguay |

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Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), CIS-IUL, Portugal |

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National Autonomous University of Mexico, ENES, Mexico |

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University Setif 2, Algeria |

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University of Zagreb, Croatia |

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Chinese University of Hong Kong, China |

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UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, MALAYSIA |

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Central University of Finance and Economics, China |

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ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, Greece |

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University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |

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University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |

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University of Pécs, Hungary |

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UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE, Italy |

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Middle East University, Jordan |

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University of Granada, Spain |

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University of Delhi, India |

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VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Vietnam |

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University of Havana, Cuba |

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University of Maribor, Slovenia |

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Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |

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Free University of Tbilisi, Georgia |

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University of Vienna, AUSTRIA |

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University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia |

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İstanbul University, Turkey |

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Vilnius university, Lithuania |

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University Of British Columbia, Canada |

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Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine |

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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, CANADA |

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Department of Psychology, Romanian Academy, UNATC-CINETIc Bucharest, Romania |

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Comenius University, Slovakia |

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Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia |

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The Delve Pvt Ltd, Pakistan |

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School of Psychology, University of Monterrey, Mexico |

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Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan |

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Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, India |

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Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile |

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Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, Costa Rica |

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Kyung Hee University, South Korea |

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South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Bulgaria |

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Bahria University, Pakistan |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-04-30

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ISSN: 16641078

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00711

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@article{2020_Kowal,

author = {Marta Kowal and Piotr Sorokowski and Agnieszka Sorokowska and Małgorzata Dobrowolska and Katarzyna Pisanski and Anna Oleszkiewicz and Toivo Aavik and Grace Akello and Charlotte Alm and Naumana Amjad and Afifa Anjum and Kelly Asao and Chiemezie S. Atama and Derya Atamtürk Duyar and Richard Ayebare and Mons Bendixen and Aicha Bensafia and Boris Bizumic and Mahmoud Boussena and David M. Buss and Marina Butovskaya and Seda Can and Katarzyna Cantarero and Antonin Carrier and Hakan Cetinkaya and Daniel Conroy-Beam and Marco A C Varella and Rosa M Cueto and Marcin Czub and Daria Dronova and Seda Dural and Izzet Duyar and Berna Ertugrul and Agustín Espinosa and Ignacio Estevan and Carla S Esteves and Tomasz Frackowiak and Jorge Contreras Graduño and Farida Guemaz and Ivana Hromatko and Chin-Ming Hui and Iskra Herak and Jas L Jaafar and Feng Jiang and Konstantinos Kafetsios and Tina Kavcic and Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair and Nicolas Kervyn and Nils C. Köbis and András Láng and others},

title = {Reasons for Facebook Usage: Data From 46 Countries},

journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},

year = {2020},

volume = {11},

publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.},

month = {apr},

url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00711},

doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00711}

}

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Frontiers Media S.A.

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Frontiers in Psychology

scimago Q2

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0.872

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2.9

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16641078 (Print, Electronic)