Online sexual activity: Cross-national comparison between united states and peruvian college students

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1015-1025

  Velezmoro, Rodrigo ^a   Negy, Charles ^a   Livia, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL FEDERICO VILLARREAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

College students; Internet abuse; Internet use; Online sexual Activities; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PERU; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERU; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84864091059     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9862-x     Document Type: Article

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