Gender differences in rival characteristics that evoke jealousy in response to emotional versus sexual infidelity

Personal Relationships

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-408

  Buunk, Bram P ^a   Dijkstra, Pieternel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 10444259010     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2004.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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