Do individual differences in sociosexuality represent genetic or environmentally contingent strategies? Evidence from the Australian Twin registry

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 537-545

  Bailey, J Michael ^d   Dunne, Michael P ^c   Kirk, Katherine M ^a,b   Zhu, Gu ^a,b   Martin, Nicholas G ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034146260     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.3.537     Document Type: Article

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