Under pressure to sext? Applying the theory of planned behaviour to adolescent sexting

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-98

  Walrave, Michel ^a   Heirman, Wannes ^a   Hallam, Lara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

adolescents; mobile phone; sexting; theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ADOLESCENTS; CONTROL BELIEFS; PERCEIVED BEHAVIOURAL CONTROLS; PREDICTIVE VALUES; SEXTING; SOCIAL PRESSURES; SUBJECTIVE NORM; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

EID: 84893689422     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2013.837099     Document Type: Article

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