Clustering of Internet Risk Behaviors in a Middle School Student Population

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 547-553

  Dowell, Elizabeth B ^a   Burgess, Ann W ^b   Cavanaugh, Deborah J ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Justice Resource Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet safety; Middle school students; Risky online behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; SAFETY; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 70350001732     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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