Online infidelity: The new challenge to marriages

Increased usage of the Internet has given rise to a new challenge to marriages: That of online infidelity, which is perceived to be as traumatic as actual infidelity. This article highlights the negative impact of online infidelity on marital relationship and its detrimental effect on the mental hea...

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Autores principales: Mao, Angelina, Raguram, Ahalya
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20048458
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.58299
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description Increased usage of the Internet has given rise to a new challenge to marriages: That of online infidelity, which is perceived to be as traumatic as actual infidelity. This article highlights the negative impact of online infidelity on marital relationship and its detrimental effect on the mental health of the offended spouse using a case vignette. The article discusses the importance of marital therapy in dealing with the factors contributing to online infidelity and in rebuilding marital trust.
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spelling pubmed-28023802010-01-14 Online infidelity: The new challenge to marriages Mao, Angelina Raguram, Ahalya Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Increased usage of the Internet has given rise to a new challenge to marriages: That of online infidelity, which is perceived to be as traumatic as actual infidelity. This article highlights the negative impact of online infidelity on marital relationship and its detrimental effect on the mental health of the offended spouse using a case vignette. The article discusses the importance of marital therapy in dealing with the factors contributing to online infidelity and in rebuilding marital trust. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2802380/ /pubmed/20048458 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.58299 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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