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Child and Adolescent Internet Use and Health

Comparing online and offline sexual behavior in a national sample of youth: Findings from the Growing up with Media survey

Ybarra, Michele. (2010, April).  Comparing online and offline sexual behavior in a national sample of youth: Findings from the Growing up with Media survey. Presented at the NASPAG Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Summary:
This presentation analyses data from three waves of data of the Growing up with Media study collected in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Specific research [...]

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Youth Internet Victimization: Myths and Truths

Ybarra, Michele. (2010, April). Youth Internet Victimization: Myths and Truths. Presented at the NASPAG Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Summary:
This presentation analyses data from three waves of data of the Growing up with Media study collected in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Specific objectives include:
1) Have a working definition for internet harassment and sexual solicitation
2) Be aware of [...]

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Trends in technology-based sexual and non-sexual aggression over time and linkages to non-technology aggression

Ybarra, Michele. (2010, February). Trends in technology-based sexual and non-sexual aggression over time and linkages to non-technology aggression. Presented at the National Summit on Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan: Forging a Shared Agenda, Houston, TX.
Summary:
This presentation analyses data from three waves of data of the Growing up with Media study collected in 2006, 2007, and [...]

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Internet experiences and exposures of children and adolescents: implications for mental health

Ybarra, Michele. (2008, April). Internet experiences and exposures of children and adolescents: implications for mental health. Presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Irvine, CA.
Summary:
This presentation reviews the fundamentals of online communication (e.g., what is Instant Messaging?); examines how young people use and experience the Internet in positive ways as well as how the Internet [...]

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Children with reported histories of sexual abuse: Utilizing multiple perspectives to understand clinical and psychosocial profiles

Ybarra, Michele, Walrath, Christine, Holden, E. Wayne, Liao, Qinghong, Santiago, Rolando, & Leaf, Philip. (2002, March) Children with reported histories of sexual abuse: Utilizing multiple perspectives to understand clinical and psychosocial profiles. Presented at the 15th Annual Research Conference, University of South Florida Research Conference for Children’s Mental Health, Tampa, FL.
Summary:
The critical findings from this [...]

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Clinical and psychosocial characteristics of youth with abuse histories served in community mental health programs

Ybarra, Michele, Walrath, Christine, Sheehan, Angela, Holden, Wayne, & Burns, Barbara. (2004, December). Clinical and Psychosocial Characteristics of Youth with Abuse Histories Served in Community Mental Health Programs. Presented at the San Francisco General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Services, Grand Rounds, San Francisco, CA.
Summary: 
This study examines the demographic, psychosocial, clinical and service
history [...]

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Online social networking and safety: Data to inform policy

Ybarra, Michele (2008, September).  Online social networking and safety: Data to inform policy. Presented at the Safer Internet Forum, Luxembourg.
Summary:
This presentation explores data from the Growing up with Media longitudinal study to provide characteristics of social networking site users, rates of bullying and sexual solicitation on social networking sites, and compare online and offline social [...]

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Children’s use of online technologies

Summary:
This presentation uses data from the Growing up with the Media study and Youth Internet Safety Survey (YISS and YISS2) to discuss characteristics of Internet harassment and online unwanted sexual solicitation. Topics include impact, prevalence rates, demographics of harassers/ solicitors, and frequency of exposure.
Findings:
- In order to develop targeted prevention programs, we need to understand [...]

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Frequency and implications of exposure to violent websites on youth behavior

Summary:
As our understanding of associations between media violence and youth violent and aggressive behavior continues to grow, there continues to be a noticeable dearth of research about media violence consumed by young people on the Internet. This presentation uses data from the Growing up with the Media study and Youth Internet Safety Survey (YISS and [...]

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Youth exposure to pornography and violent web sites

Ybarra, Michele. (2008).  Youth exposure to pornography and violent web sites. Presented at the Internet Safety Technical Taskforce 2nd Meeting, Washington, DC.
Summary:
This presentation explores youth exposure to x-rated material, including examination of unwanted and wanted exposure and comparisons of online and offline exposure. Also explored is exposure to violence online including hate sites, death sites, [...]

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