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January 15, 2013 01:46 am GMT

Study: Maltreated Girls More Likely to Engage in Risky Online Behavior


A note to parents: parental control software doesn't protect your daughters from engaging in risky online behavior as much as "quality parenting," and monitoring her online activities yourself.

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati released a report on Monday in Pediatrics about the online behaviors of teenage girls and factors that increased their risk of engaging in potentially dangerous, or at least inappropriate behavior.

The study followed the online behavior of 251 teenage girls, ages 14 to 17, for 12-16 months in 2008 when the hot social network was MySpace. Their offline behavior was also monitored, in addition to how each teen was parented.

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