Adolescents' exposure to sexually explicit online material and recreational attitudes toward sex

Journal of Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 639-660

  Peter, Jochen ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; INTERNET;

EID: 33750925009     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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