Correlates of exposure to sexually explicit material among Canadian post-secondary students

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 143-156

  Morrison, Todd G ^a   Bearden, Anomi ^b   Harriman, Rebecca ^c   Morrison, Melanie A ^c   Ellis, Shannon R ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Pornography; Safer sex; Sexuality; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLICATION; SAFE SEX; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 17644365811     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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