Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ656991
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Close Online Relationships in a National Sample of Adolescents.
Wolak, Janis; Mitchell, Kimberly J.; Finkelhor, David
Adolescence, v37 n147 p441-55 Fall 2002
Uses data from a national survey of adolescent Internet users to describe online relationships. Fourteen percent of the youths interviewed reported close online friendships during the past year, 7% reported face-to-face meetings, and 2% reported online romances. Few youths reported bad experiences with online friends. (GCP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Interpersonal Relationship, Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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