The Online Social Support Scale: Measure development and validation.

Nick, Elizabeth A., Cole, David A., Cho, Sun-Joo, Smith, Darcy K., Carter, T. Grace, Zelkowitz, Rachel L.·2018·Psychological Assessment
DOI 10.1037/pas0000558

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