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Daniel J Weigel1, M Rosie Shrout1
1Human Development & Family Science, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89502, USA.
Abstract:
This study integrates communication, motivational, and behavioral elements to identify factors that lead to the use of key information seeking strategies people employ to confirm or avoid suspicions about a partner's potential cheating. Individuals (N = 246) who suspected a partner's infidelity reported engaging in five general suspicion confirmation strategies: conversation, intrusion, snooping, surveillance, and avoidance. SEM results revealed that individuals who reported more suspicious partner behavior, greater suspicion and uncertainty about a partner's infidelity, suspicion-related anxiety, and a stronger desire to confirm their suspicions reported using the suspicion confirmation and avoidance strategies more often.
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