From the bar to the bed via mobile phone: A first test of the role of problematic alcohol use, sexting, and impulsivity-related traits in sexual hookups

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1664-1670

  Dir, Allyson L ^a   Cyders, Melissa A ^a   Coskunpinar, Ayca ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; AP Model; Impulsivity; Sexting; Sexual hookups

Indexed keywords

HUMAN INTERACTIONS; IMPULSIVITY; INITIAL SUPPORT; SENSATION-SEEKING; SEXTING; SEXUAL HOOKUPS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEMPORAL MODELS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84874840587     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.039     Document Type: Article

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