Does Viewing Explain Doing? Assessing the Association Between Sexually Explicit Materials Use and Sexual Behaviors in a Large Sample of Dutch Adolescents and Young Adults

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2986-2995

  Hald, Gert Martin ^a   Kuyper, Lisette ^b   Adam, Philippe C G ^c,d   de Wit, John B F ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Netherlands Institute of Social Research   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Institute for Prevention and Social Research   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Pornography; Sexual Behaviors; Sexual Risks; Sexual Sensation Seeking; Sexually Explicit Materials; Young Adults; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORNOGRAPHY USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SENSATION SEEKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COERCION; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRANSACTIONAL SEX;

ADOLESCENTS; PORNOGRAPHY; SEXUAL BEHAVIORS; SEXUAL RISKS; SEXUAL SENSATION SEEKING; SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS; YOUNG ADULTS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884498681     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12157     Document Type: Article

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