The relationship between exposure to sexual music videos and young adults' sexual attitudes

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-386

  Zhang, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Miller, Laura E ^b   Harrison, Kristen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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EID: 49149119995     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838150802205462     Document Type: Article

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