Anyone who wants sex? Seeking sex partners on sex-oriented contact websites

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-181

  Sevcikova, Anna ^a   Daneback, Kristian ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internet; Online dating; Sexuality; Theory of sexual scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957789294     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: 14681749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681994.2011.567260     Document Type: Article

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