Examining predictors and consequences of information seeking in close relationships

Personal Relationships

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-449

  Afifi, Walid A ^a   Dillow, Megan R ^a   Morse, Christopher ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10444226540     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2004.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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