Cell Phone Internet Access, Online Sexual Solicitation, Partner Seeking, and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Adolescents

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 755-763

  Rice, Eric ^a   Winetrobe, Hailey ^a   Holloway, Ian W ^b   Montoya, Jorge ^c   Plant, Aaron ^c   Kordic, Timothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sentient Research   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cell phone; Internet; Online partner seeking; Online sexual solicitation; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CONDOM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; LESBIANISM; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; RISK; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CELL PHONES; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925498606     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: 15732800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0366-3     Document Type: Article

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