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Where Does Masturbation Fit in All This? We Need to Incorporate Measures of Solo-Masturbation in Models Connecting Sexual Media Use to Sexual Quality (or Anything Else)

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Perry, S.L. Where Does Masturbation Fit in All This? We Need to Incorporate Measures of Solo-Masturbation in Models Connecting Sexual Media Use to Sexual Quality (or Anything Else). Arch Sex Behav 48, 2265–2269 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1379-0

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