Teens frequently mention risky behaviours on social networking sites

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 07:49 in Psychology & Sociology

About half of teens reference sex, substance use or other risky behaviours on their publicly available online profiles, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, a second article reports that a brief e-mail from a physician shows promise in reducing mentions of sex on social networking Web sites...

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