Narratives of suffering among Italian female partners of cybersex and cyber-porn dependents

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 270-287

  Cavaglion, Gabriel ^a   Rashty, Etty ^a  

^a ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

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EID: 78649900382     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2010.513639     Document Type: Article

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