Internet sex addiction: Risk factors, stages of development, and treatment

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-37

  Young, Kimberly S ^a  

^a Center for Internet Addiction Recovery

Author keywords

Adult Web sites; Internet addiction; Internet infidelity; Internet pornography; Internet sex addiction; Online pornography

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349136268     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208321339     Document Type: Article

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