'What are you looking for?': a psychoanalytically oriented qualitative study of men's compulsive use of internet pornography.
Internet pornography use is an extremely widespread human engagement. A minority of viewers finds it compelling and experience distress and/or functional impairment due to their use. There is a tension in how internet pornography is considered culturally; privately, it is approached and engaged with...
| Publicado en: | Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 24 - 44 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2021
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