Primary school children's safe and unsafe use of the Internet at home and at school: An exploratory study

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2838-2850

  Valcke, M ^a   Schellens, T ^a   Van Keer, H ^a   Gerarts, M ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Action Innocence ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Primary school safe Internet use school policy

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

PARENT CONTROL; PRIMARY SCHOOL-SAFE INTERNET USE-SCHOOL POLICY;

INTERNET;

EID: 34249930859     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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