Brief report: The association between adolescents' characteristics and engagement in sexting

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1387-1391

  Van Ouytsel, Joris ^a   Van Gool, Ellen ^a   Ponnet, Koen ^a,b,c   Walrave, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Higher Institute for Family Sciences   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depression; Personality traits; Rational and experiential thinking; Sensation seeking; Teen sexting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; SENSATION SEEKING; SEXTING; THINKING; ADOLESCENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84908454715     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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