Prevalence and patterns of sexting among ethnic minority urban high school students

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 454-459

  Peskin, Melissa Fleschler ^a   Markham, Christine M ^a   Addy, Robert C ^a   Shegog, Ross ^a   Thiel, Melanie ^a   Tortolero, Susan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEXT MESSAGING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TEXT MESSAGING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84879074219     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0452     Document Type: Article

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