From Vigilance to Violence: Mate Retention Tactics in Married Couples

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 346-361

  Buss, David M ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 0031067484     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.2.346     Document Type: Article

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