To Tweet, or Not to Tweet: Gender Differences and Potential Positive and Negative Health Outcomes of Adolescents’ Social Internet Use

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Pujazon Zazik, Melissa ^a   Park, M Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Internet; Social Networking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955001225     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988309360819     Document Type: Article

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