The influence of sexually explicit internet material on sexual risk behavior: A comparison of adolescents and adults

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 750-765

  Peter, Jochen ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; EROTICA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960798874     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.551996     Document Type: Article

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