Relational Consequences of Compulsive Internet Use: A Longitudinal Study Among Newlyweds;Les conséquences relationnelles d'un usage compulsif d'Internet: une étude longitudinale auprès de nouveaux mariés

Human Communication Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-173

  Kerkhof, Peter ^a   Finkenauer, Catrin ^a   Muusses, Linda D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79952086076     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2010.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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