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Peer reviewedWolak, Janis; Mitchell, Kimberly J.; Finkelhor, David – Journal of Adolescence, 2003
Explores the characteristics of youth who had formed close relationships with people they met on the Internet. Girls who had high levels of conflict with parents or were highly troubled were more likely to have close online relationships, as were boys who had low levels of communication with parents or were highly troubled. (Contains 19 references…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Interpersonal Relationship
