Sexting on Campus: Minimizing Perceived Risks and Neutralizing Behaviors

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 903-920

  Renfrow, Daniel G ^a   Rollo, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a WELLS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84905247029     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2014.897122     Document Type: Article

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