Online sexual activity experience of heterosexual students: Gender similarities and differences

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 419-427

  Shaughnessy, Krystelle ^a   Byers, E Sandra ^a   Walsh, Lindsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Online sexual activity; Sexual attitudes; Sexual socialization; Sexually explicit material

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 79952487641     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9629-9     Document Type: Article

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