Association between online harassment and exposure to harmful online content: A cross-national comparison between the United States and Finland

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-145

  Näsi, Matti ^a   Räsänen, Pekka ^a   Oksanen, Atte ^b   Hawdon, James ^c   Keipi, Teo ^a   Holkeri, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Finland; Internet; Online behavior; Survey; US

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; SURVEYING; URANIUM;

CROSS-NATIONAL; EATING DISORDERS; FINLAND; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; ON-LINE CONTENTS; ONLINE BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84907813223     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.019     Document Type: Article

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