Attachment styles and male sex addiction

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-175

  Zapf, James L ^a   Greiner, Jay ^b   Carroll, James ^b  

^a Pathways Christian Counseling   (United States)

^b Walden University   (United States)

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EID: 46949085443     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720160802035832     Document Type: Article

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