Adolescents' sexual self-disclosure on the internet: Deindividuation and impression management

Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 163, 2006, Pages 547-561

  Chiou, Wen Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845198703     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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