Teens divulge risky behavior on social networking sites

By Serena Gordon

"More than half of teens who use the social networking site MySpace have posted information about sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence, new research shows."

"The good news, according to a second study from the same research group, is that a simple intervention -- in this case, an-e-mail from a physician -- made some of the teens change their risky behaviors..."

"They found that 54 percent of the profiles contained information on risky behaviors, with 24 percent referencing sexual behaviors, 41 percent referring to substance abuse and 14 percent posting violent information..."

Full article available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR200901...