Sexting, Mobile Porn Use, and Peer Group Dynamics: Boys' and Girls' Self-Perceived Popularity, Need for Popularity, and Perceived Peer Pressure

Media Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-33

  Vanden Abeele, Mariek ^a,c   Campbell, Scott W ^b   Eggermont, Steven ^a   Roe, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84894243321     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2013.801725     Document Type: Article

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