Exploring Associations Between Exposure to Sexy Online Self-Presentations and Adolescents’ Sexual Attitudes and Behavior

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1078-1091

  van Oosten, Johanna M F ^a   Peter, Jochen ^a   Boot, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Media effects; Social media; Social network sites; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84929407478     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0194-8     Document Type: Article

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