Sex differences in responses to relationship threats in England and Romania

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 763-778

  Brase, Gary L ^a   Caprar, Dan V ^b   Voracek, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Human sex differences; Infidelity; Interpersonal relationships; Jealousy

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844274592     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504047836     Document Type: Article

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