Watching pornographic pictures on the Internet: Role of sexual arousal ratings and psychological-psychiatric symptoms for using internet sex sites excessively

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 371-377

  Brand, Matthias ^a,b   Laier, Christian ^a,c   Pawlikowski, Mirko ^a   Schächtle, Ulrich ^a   Schöler, Tobias ^a   Altstötter Gleich, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

^c University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIBIDO; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; EMOTIONS; EROTICA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIBIDO; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79959546481     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0222     Document Type: Article

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