Partner Effects of Compulsive Internet Use: A Self-Control Account

Communication Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 365-386

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

compulsive Internet use; dyadic; relationships; self control; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925015930     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650212469545     Document Type: Article

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