Sexually explicit cell phone messaging associated with sexual risk among adolescents

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-673

  Rice, Eric ^a   Rhoades, Harmony ^a   Winetrobe, Hailey ^a   Sanchez, Monica ^b   Montoya, Jorge ^c   Plant, Aaron ^c   Kordic, Timothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sentient Research   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HIV; Sexting; Sexual risk behavior; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVERSATION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXTING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXT MESSAGING; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84867152547     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0021     Document Type: Article

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