Online sexual behaviours among Swedish youth: associations to background factors, behaviours and abuse

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1245-1260

  Jonsson, Linda S ^a   Bladh, Marie ^a   Priebe, Gisela ^b   Svedin, Carl Göran ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Internet; Online sexual behaviour; Selling sex; Sexting; Sexual risk taking; Youth

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; WELLBEING; YOUNG ADULT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943201757     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-015-0673-9     Document Type: Article

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