Cybersex and the E-teen: What marriage and family therapists should know

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-444

  Delmonico, David L ^a   Griffin, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Internet Behavior Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MASTURBATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; COUPLES THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASTURBATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53949084613     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00086.x     Document Type: Review

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