Life history theory and female readers of pornography

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 779-787

  Walsh, Anthony ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history; Parental attachment; Pornography; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348229214     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00281-5     Document Type: Article

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