Secret transmission: A relative intimacy hypothesis

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1135-1146

  Yovetich, Nancy A ^a,b   Drigotas, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RHO INC   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033240774     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672992512007     Document Type: Article

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