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Masturbatory attitudes, knowledge, and experience: Data from the sex knowledge and attitude test (SKAT)

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  1. Division of Family Study of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    William R. Miller Ph.D. & Harold I. Lief M.D.

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The research reported here was partially supported by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.

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Miller, W.R., Lief, H.I. Masturbatory attitudes, knowledge, and experience: Data from the sex knowledge and attitude test (SKAT). Arch Sex Behav 5, 447–467 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541336

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