Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Treatment for Problematic Internet Pornography Viewing

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-295

  Twohig, Michael P ^a   Crosby, Jesse M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING; EROTICA; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EROTICA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953617592     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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