Cybersex addiction in heterosexual female users of internet pornography can be explained by gratification hypothesis

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 505-511

  Laier, Christian ^a   Pekal, Jaro ^a   Brand, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EROTICA; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; EROTICA; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905459336     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.0396     Document Type: Article

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