The influence of individualism and collectivism on Internet pornography exposure, sexual attitudes, and sexual behavior among college students

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-27

  Lo, Ven hwei ^a   So, Clement Y K ^a   Zhang, Guoliang ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Extramarital sex; Individualism; Internet pornography; Premarital sex; Sexual attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960968054     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544750903528724     Document Type: Article

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