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"Intimacy and the Internet may not mix. Veronica M. Scott, a family therapist, and other researchers at the University of Central Florida found that face-to-face daters scored higher on love and intimacy measures relative to online daters. Plus, people who relied on technology-mediated communication had lower intimacy scores in all their relationships, even those in which the computer played no part. Staying behind the monitor may reduce anxiety and thus seem appealing as a way to meet people, says study coauthor Karen Mottarella, but people who struggle with intimacy will gain more from developing their relationship skills."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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