"Creeping" or just information seeking? Gender differences in partner monitoring in response to jealousy on Facebook

Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-50

  Muise, Amy ^a   Christofides, Emily ^b   Desmarais, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 84896547665     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pere.12014     Document Type: Article

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