Frequent users of pornography. A population based epidemiological study of Swedish male adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 779-788

  Svedin, Carl Göran ^a   Åkerman, Ingrid ^a   Priebe, Gisela ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Epidemiology; Frequent; Pornography; Prevalence; Users

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 79959783043     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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