Social networking sites and contact risks among Flemish youth

Childhood

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-85

  Vandoninck, Sofie ^a   d'Haenens, Leen ^a   de Cock, Rozane ^a   Donoso, Verónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

adolescents; contact risks; internet use; online communication; social network sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857395939     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568211406456     Document Type: Article

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