Mental- and physical-health indicators and sexually explicit media use behavior by adults

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 764-772

  Weaver, James B ^a   Weaver, Stephanie Sargent ^a   Mays, Darren ^a   Hopkins, Gary L ^b   Kannenberg, Wendi ^b   MCBride, Duane ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Risk Factors; Mental Health; Pornography; Sexual Attitudes; Sexually Explicit Materials; X Rated

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MEDIA USE BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

EID: 79951994327     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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