Bothersome Exposure to Online Sexual Content Among Adolescent Girls

Youth and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 486-501

  Ševčíková, Anna ^a   Simon, Laura ^b   Daneback, Kristian ^b   Kvapilík, Tomáš ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adolescence; Internet; pornography; sexual solicitation; unwanted exposure; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930435487     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X12469379     Document Type: Article

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