The relationship between religiosity and internet pornography use

Mary B Short1, Thomas E Kasper, Chad T Wetterneck

  • 1University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX, 77058, USA, shortmb@uhcl.edu.

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