Theoretical Assumptions on Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence and Mechanisms of Addictive or Compulsive Use of Pornography: Are the Two “Conditions” as Theoretically Distinct as Suggested?

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Brand, M., Antons, S., Wegmann, E. et al. Theoretical Assumptions on Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence and Mechanisms of Addictive or Compulsive Use of Pornography: Are the Two “Conditions” as Theoretically Distinct as Suggested?. Arch Sex Behav 48, 417–423 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1293-5

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Received: 30 July 2018
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Published: 17 August 2018
Issue Date: February 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1293-5

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