Adolescent pornographic internet site use: A multivariate regression analysis of the predictive factors of use and psychosocial implications

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 545-550

  Tsitsika, Artemis ^a   Critselis, Elena ^a   Kormas, Georgios ^a   Konstantoulaki, Eleftheria ^a   Constantopoulos, Andreas ^a   Kafetzis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PUBLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70350111176     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0346     Document Type: Article

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