Sexually Explicit Websites and Sexual Initiation: Reciprocal Relationships and the Moderating Role of Pubertal Status

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 621-634

  Vandenbosch, Laura ^a   Eggermont, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84887609769     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12008     Document Type: Article

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