Prevalence and Association of Sexting and Online Sexual Victimization Among Spanish Adults

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-154

  Gámez Guadix, Manuel ^a   Almendros, Carmen ^a   Borrajo, Erika ^b   Calvete, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internet; New technologies; Sexting; Sexual behavior; Sexual victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939994153     PISSN: 18689884     EISSN: 15536610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13178-015-0186-9     Document Type: Article

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