Women’s sexual addiction and family dynamics, depression and substance abuse

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 324-340

  Opitz, Dawn M ^a   Tsytsarev, Sergei V ^a   Froh, Jeffrey ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952901740     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720160903375749     Document Type: Article

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