Age and gender differences in mate selection criteria for various involvement levels

Personal Relationships

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-278

  Buunk, Bram P ^a   Dijkstra, Pieternel ^a   Fetchenhauer, Detlef ^a   Kenrick, Douglas T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036342897     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6811.00018     Document Type: Article

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