Whether or not to engage in sexting: Explaining adolescent sexting behaviour by applying the prototype willingness model

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 796-808

  Walrave, Michel ^a   Ponnet, Koen ^a,b   Van Ouytsel, Joris ^a   Van Gool, Ellen ^a   Heirman, Wannes ^a   Verbeek, Anouk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Higher Institute for Family Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; ICT; Mobile phone; Prototype willingness model; Sexting

Indexed keywords

MOBILE PHONES;

ADOLESCENTS; ICT; MEDIA ATTENTION; SEXTING; SUBJECTIVE NORM; YOUNG PEOPLES;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 84929379645     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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