Sexual Media Use by Young Adults in Hong Kong: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-553

  Janghorbani, Mohsen ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Erotica; Hong kong; Pornography; Sexual media; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; CHINESE; CHRISTIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MASTURBATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; PURCHASING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EROTICA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345761740     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026089511526     Document Type: Article

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