Unwanted but consensual sexting among young adults: Relations with attachment and sexual motivations

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 412-418

  Drouin, Michelle ^a   Tobin, Elizabeth ^a  

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

Author keywords

Attachment; Motivations; Sexting; Undergraduates; Unwanted but consensual sex

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ATTACHMENT; FACE TO FACE; RECENT RESEARCHES; SEXTING; UNDERGRADUATES; UNWANTED BUT CONSENSUAL SEX; YOUNG ADULTS;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 84890278563     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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