Physical Attractiveness and the "Nice Guy Paradox": Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last?

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 413-426

  Urbaniak, Geoffrey C ^a   Kilmann, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate selection; Nice guy; Physical attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142184755     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025894203368     Document Type: Review

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