Sexting and sexual behavior among middle school students

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rice, Eric ^a   Gibbs, Jeremy ^a   Winetrobe, Hailey ^a   Rhoades, Harmony ^a   Plant, Aaron ^b   Montoya, Jorge ^b   Kordic, Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sentient Research   (United States)

^c Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cell phone; Middle school; Sexting; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDOM USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENTS; CELL PHONE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; SEXTING; SEXUAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84904197547     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2991     Document Type: Article

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