Gender-Typical Responses to Sexual and Emotional Infidelity as a Function of Mortality Salience Induced Self-Esteem Striving

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1585-1595

  Goldenberg, Jamie L ^a   Landau, Mark J ^b   Pyszczynski, Tom ^b   Cox, Cathy R ^b   Greenberg, Jeff ^c   Solomon, Sheldon ^d   Dunnam, Heather ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Evolution; Gender differentiated jealousy; Self esteem; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; JEALOUSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JEALOUSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0242467380     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203256880     Document Type: Article

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