Perceived Effects of Sexually Explicit Media among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Psychometric Properties of the Pornography Consumption Effects Scale (PCES)

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 757-767

  Hald, Gert Martin ^a,b   Smolenski, Derek ^c   Rosser, B R Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Men Who Have Sex with Men; Pornography; Public Health Effects; Sexual Knowledge; Sexually Explicit Media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASTURBATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORNOGRAPHY CONSUMPTION EFFECT SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MEDIA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84874732596     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02988.x     Document Type: Article

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