What children do on the internet: Domains visited and their relationship to socio-demographic characteristics and academic performance

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-190

  Jackson, Linda A ^a   Samona, Ricky ^a   Moomaw, Jeff ^a   Ramsay, Lauren ^a   Murray, Christopher ^a   Smith, Amy ^a   Murray, Lindsay ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTECEDENT VARIABLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNET; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLICATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EROTICA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICHIGAN; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34249075688     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9970     Document Type: Article

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