The Relationship between Sexual Content on Mass Media and Social Media: A Longitudinal Study

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 697-703

  Vandenbosch, Laura ^a   Van Oosten, Johanna M F ^a   Peter, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION;

EID: 84949978188     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0197     Document Type: Article

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