Heightened vulnerability and increased risk-taking among adolescent chat room users: Results from a statewide school Survey

• Published in: Journal of adolescent health Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 116 - 123
• Main Authors: BEEBE, Timothy J, ASCHE, Stephen E, HARRISON, Patricia A, QUINLAN, Kathryn B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Science 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Chat rooms; Female; High schools; Humans; Internet; Internet - utilization; Male; Medical sciences; Minnesota; Miscellaneous; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk behaviour; Risk Factors; Risk-Taking; Sexual behaviour; Soliciting; Strangers; Students; USA; Minnesota; Human; Consumption; Illicit drug; Sexual behavior; Sex; Vulnerability; Risk taking; Adolescents Internet chat room use Risk factors Risk behaviors Sexual solicitation; Suicide attempt; Alcoholic beverage; Tobacco; Adolescent; Risk factor; Internet

To profile adolescent Internet chat room users in terms of demographic characteristics, psychological and environmental factors, and behavioral risk factors. The study sample was drawn from respondents to an anonymous statewide survey of 50,168 9th-grade public school students and included 40,376 st...