Cybersex Addiction Patterns in a Clinical Sample of Homosexual, Heterosexual, and Bisexual Men and Women

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 77-98

  Green, Bradley A ^a   Carnes, Stefanie ^b   Carnes, Patrick J ^b,c   Weinman, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b New Freedom Corporation   (United States)

^c Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services   (United States)

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EID: 84859633472     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2012.658343     Document Type: Article

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