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Research Article

Effects of sexual imagination, relationship experience, and personal infidelity experiences on gender differences in responses to partners’ infidelity

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Pages 292-303 | Received 13 Jul 2022, Accepted 23 Aug 2023, Published online: 26 Sep 2023

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