Let's talk about sexting, baby: Computer-mediated sexual behaviors among young adults

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Drouin, Michelle ^a   Vogel, Kimberly N ^a   Surbey, Alisen ^a   Stills, Julie R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Sexting; Sexual behaviors; Social media; Text messaging; Undergraduates; Young adults

Indexed keywords

SEXTING; SEXUAL BEHAVIORS; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNDERGRADUATES; YOUNG ADULTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84878870218     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.030     Document Type: Article

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