Understanding differences in sexting behaviors across gender, relationship status, and sexual identity, and the role of expectancies in sexting

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 568-574

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MOBILE PHONE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882733527     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0545     Document Type: Article

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