Sex on the internet: College students’ emotional arousal when viewing sexually explicit materials on-line

Journal of Sex Education and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 252-260

  Goodson, Patricia ^a   McCormick, Deborah ^b   Evans, Alexandra ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERNET; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0034490429     PISSN: 01614576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01614576.2000.11074358     Document Type: Article

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