Harmonious and obsessive passion for the Internet: Their associations with the couple's relationship

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 197-221

  Séguin Levesque, Chantal ^a   Laliberté, Marie Lyne N ^b   Pelletier, Luc G ^b   Blanchard, Céline ^b   Vallerand, Robert J ^c  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0037214649     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb02079.x     Document Type: Article

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