Personality factors as predictors of sexting

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2589-2594

  Delevi, Raquel ^a   Weisskirch, Robert S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality traits; Problematic cell phone use; Sensation seeking; Sexting

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY TRAITS; RISKY BEHAVIORS; ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP; SENSATION-SEEKING; SEXTING;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING;

TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84880527301     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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