Pornography-seeking behaviors following midterm political elections in the United States: A replication of the challenge hypothesis

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1262-1264

  Markey, Patrick ^a   Markey, Charlotte ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenge hypothesis; Elections; Google; Politics; Pornography

Indexed keywords

CHALLENGE HYPOTHESIS; ELECTIONS; GOOGLE; POLITICS; PORNOGRAPHY;

COMPETITION;

EID: 79952184016     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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