Gender differences in online and offline self-disclosure in pre-adolescence and adolescence

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-269

  Valkenburg, Patti M ^a   Sumter, Sindy R ^a   Peter, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 79956113291     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/2044-835X.002001     Document Type: Article

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