The eroticism of Internet cruising as a self-contained behaviour: A multivariate analysis of men seeking men demographics and getting off online

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 555-569

  Robinson, Brandon Andrew ^a   Moskowitz, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

computer mediated eroticism; craigslist; Internet cruising; men seeking men; sexual identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EROTICA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EROTICA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879180025     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2013.774050     Document Type: Article

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