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The Emperor Has No Clothes: A Review of the ‘Pornography Addiction’ Model
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- Authors
- Ley, D., Prause, N., & Finn, P.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ley, David
- Venue
- Current Sexual Health Reports
- Published
- 2014-02-12
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 94-105
- ISSN
- 1548-3584 (ISSN-L)
- 1548-3592
- OpenAlex
- W2045933619
- Cited by
- 272
- References
- 153
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 22.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Current Sexual Health Reports (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Keywords
- pornography addiction, visual sexual stimuli, addiction models, erectile dysfunction, neural adaptation, sexual orientation, gender differences, sexual desire, sensation seeking, religiosity
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