Risky Behavior Prominent On Teen MySpace Profiles

More than half of adolescent MySpace users mention risky behaviors such as sex, violence or substance use on their personal Web profiles. That’s according to the findings of Megan Moreno, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, and other researchers who analyzed 500 MySpace profiles in 46 states to determine how young people use the Internet as a means of presenting themselves to their peers.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on January 11th, 2009