Universal Sex Differences in the Desire for Sexual Variety: Tests from 52 Nations, 6 Continents, and 13 Islands

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-104

  Schmitt, David P ^a   Alcalay, Lidia ^b   Allik, Jüri ^c   Ault, Lara ^d   Austers, Ivars ^e   Bennett, Kevin L ^f   Bianchi, Gabriel ^g   Boholst, Fredric ^h   Borg Cunen, Mary Ann ⁱ   Braeckman, Johan ^j   Brainerd Jr , Edwin G ^k   Caral, Leo Gerard A ^h   Caron, Gabrielle ^l   Martina Casullo, Maria ^m   Cunningham, Michael ^d   Daibo, Ikuo ⁿ   De Backer, Charlotte ^j   De Souza, Eros ^o   Diaz Loving, Rolando ^p   Diniz, Gláucia ^q   Durkin, Kevin ^r   Echegaray, Marcela ^s   Eremsoy, Ekin ^t   Euler, Harald A ^u   Falzon, Ruth ⁱ   Fisher, Maryanne L ^v   Foley, Dolores ^w   Fry, Douglas P ^x   Fry, Sirspa ^x   Arif Ghayur, M ^y   Golden, Debra L ^z   Grammer, Karl ^aa   Grimaldi, Liria ^ab   Halberstadt, Jamin ^ac   Herrera, Dora ^s   Hertel, Janine ^ad   Hoffmann, Heather ^ae   Hooper, Danica ^w   Hradilekova, Zuzana ^af   Hudek Kene evi, Jasna ^ag   Jaafar, Jas ^ah   Jankauskaite, Margarita ^ai   Kabangu Stahel, Heidi ^aj   Kardum, Igor ^ag   Khoury, Brigitte ^ak   Kwon, Hayrran ^al   Laidra, Kaia ^c   Laireiter, Anton Rupert ^am   Lakerveld, Dustin ^an   Lampert, Ada ^ao   Lauri, Maryanne ⁱ   Lavallée, Marguerite ^l   Lee, Suk Jae ^ap   Chung Leung, Luk ^aq   Locke, Kenneth D ^ar   Locke, Vance ^r   Luksik, Ivan ^g   Magaisa, Ishmael ^as   Marcinkeviciene, Dalia ^ai   Mata, André ^at   Mata, Rui ^at   McCarthy, Barry ^au   Mills, Michael E ^av   Moreira, João ^at   Moreira, Sérgio ^at   Moya, Miguel ^aw   Munyae, M ^ax   Noller, Patricia ^w   Opre, Adrian ^ay   Panayiotou, Alexia ^az   Petrovic, Nebojsa ^ba   Poels, Karolien ^j   Popper, Miroslav ^g   Poulimenou, Maria ^bb   P'yatokha, Volodymyr ^bc   Raymond, Michel ^bd   Reips, Ulf Dietrich ^be   Reneau, Susan E ^bf   Rivera Aragon, Sofia ^p   Rowatt, Wade C ^bg   Ruch, Willibald ^bh   Rus, Velko S ^bi   Safir, Marilyn P ^bj   Salas, Sonia ^bk   Sambataro, Fabio ^ab   Sandnabba, Kenneth N ^x   Schulmeyer, Marion K ^bl   Schütz, Astrid ^ad   Scrimali, Tullio ^ab   Shackelford, Todd K ^bm   Shaver, Phillip R ^bn   Sichona, Francis ^bo   Simonetti, Franco ^b   Sineshaw, Tilahun ^bp   Speelman, Tom ^j   Spyrou, Spyros ^bq   Sümer, H Canan ^br   Sümer, Nebi ^br   Supekova, Marianna ^g   Szlendak, Tomasz ^bs   Taylor, Robin ^bt   Timmermans, Bert ^bu   Tooke, William ^bv   Tsaousis, Ioannis ^bw   Tungaraza, F S K ^bo   Vandermassen, Griet ^j   Vanhoomissen, Tim ^bu   Van Overwalle, Frank ^bu   Vanwesenbeeck, Ine ^bx   Vasey, Paul L ^by   Verissimo, João ^at   Voracek, Martin ^bz   Wan, Wendy W N ^ca   Wang, Ta Wei ^cb   Weiss, Peter ^cc   Wijaya, Andik ^cd   Woertman, Liesbeth ^an   Youn, Gahyun ^ce   Zupanèiè, Agata ^bi   more..

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^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

ⁿ OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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^q UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSIDAD DE LIMA   (Peru)

^t BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^u UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^v YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^w UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^x ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^y AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^z UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^aa LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^ad CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^ae KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^af Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^ai VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^aj Centre d'Enseignement les Gazelles   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^ak AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^al Gwangju Health College University   (South Korea)

^am UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^an UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ao RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^ap National Computerization Agency   (South Korea)

^aq CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^as UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^at UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^au UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^av LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^ay BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^az UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^bb KPMG   (Netherlands)

^bc Volyn Regional Clinical Hospital   (Ukraine)

^bd UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^be UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^bf UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^bg BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bh QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^bi UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^bj UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^bk DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^bl Univ Privada de Santa Cruz Sierra   (Bolivia)

^bm FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bn UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^bo UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^bp RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^bq CYPRUS COLLEGE   (Cyprus)

^br MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^bs NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^bt UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^bu VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^bv STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^bw UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^bx Netherlands Institute of Social Sexological Research   (Netherlands)

^by UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^bz MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^ca UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^cb YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^cc CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^cd Couple Clinic Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

^ce Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141642067     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.1.85     Document Type: Article

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