Prevalence and Correlates of Sexting Behavior in Adolescents

American Journal of Sexuality Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Dake, Joseph A ^a   Price, James H ^a   Maziarz, Lauren ^a   Ward, Britney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; risk behaviors; sexting; Sexual healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859478968     PISSN: 15546128     EISSN: 15546136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15546128.2012.650959     Document Type: Article

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