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Dirty Habits? Online Pornography Use, Personality, Obsessionality, and Compulsivity

Vincent Egan Department of Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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Reena Parmar Department of Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Pages 394-409 | Published online: 11 Apr 2013

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