Citation

Wolak J, Finkelhor SD, Mitchell K. Cyberpsychol. Behav. 2008; 11(3): 340-343.

Affiliation

Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA. Janis.Wolak@unh.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/cpb.2007.0044

PMID

18537504

Abstract

We examined the risk of unwanted online sexual solicitations and characteristics associated with four online interaction styles among youth Internet users. The interaction styles took into account the people with whom youth interacted online (people known in person only, unknown people met through face-to-face friends, unknown people met in chatroom, and other places online) and high- and low-risk patterns of online behavior. The aim was to provide a basis for identifying which youth may be most at risk from interacting online with unknown people.

Language: en