Forging friendship, soliciting support: A mixed-method examination of message boards for pregnant teens and teen mothers

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-85

  Sherman, Lauren E ^a   Greenfield, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parenting; Adolescent pregnancy; Computer mediated communication; Message boards; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PARENTING; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; MESSAGE BOARDS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

OBSTETRICS;

EID: 84868205525     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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