World of Warcraft Widows: Spousal Perspectives of Online Gaming and Relationship Outcomes.
A content and thematic analysis was conducted using forum messages from websites developed for wives of online gamers who play World of Warcraft. Blog posts from 50 women describing conflict in their marital relationship involving their husband's online game play were analyzed. Four overarching them...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Family Therapy Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 454 - 467 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct/Dec2015
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