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Saffari,M. and Goshayeshi,M. (2023). Online Social Capital as a Predictor of Intensity of Use of Social Networking: A Test of Gender Invariance. Recent Innovations in Psychology, 1(1), 52-63. doi: 10.22034/rip.2024.190891
MLA
Saffari,M. , and Goshayeshi,M. . "Online Social Capital as a Predictor of Intensity of Use of Social Networking: A Test of Gender Invariance", Recent Innovations in Psychology, 1, 1, 2023, 52-63. doi: 10.22034/rip.2024.190891
HARVARD
Saffari M., Goshayeshi M. (2023). 'Online Social Capital as a Predictor of Intensity of Use of Social Networking: A Test of Gender Invariance', Recent Innovations in Psychology, 1(1), pp. 52-63. doi: 10.22034/rip.2024.190891
CHICAGO
M. Saffari and M. Goshayeshi, "Online Social Capital as a Predictor of Intensity of Use of Social Networking: A Test of Gender Invariance," Recent Innovations in Psychology, 1 1 (2023): 52-63, doi: 10.22034/rip.2024.190891
VANCOUVER
Saffari M., Goshayeshi M. Online Social Capital as a Predictor of Intensity of Use of Social Networking: A Test of Gender Invariance. Recent Innovations in Psychology, 2023; 1(1): 52-63. doi: 10.22034/rip.2024.190891
