Why do close partners snoop? Predictors of intrusive behavior in newlywed couples

Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-124

  Vinkers, Charlotte D W ^a,c   Finkenauer, Catrin ^a   Hawk, Skyler T ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79952133927     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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