Adolescents' exposure to sexually explicit material on the internet

Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-204

  Peter, Jochen ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Internet use; Life satisfaction; Pornography; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646776417     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650205285369     Document Type: Article

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