Internet Infidelity: A Case of Intimacy With Detachment

The Family Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-82

  Millner, Vaughn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

couples' infidelity; Internet infidelity; intimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949085747     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480707308918     Document Type: Article

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