The limited influence of self-monitoring on romantic partner preferences

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 943-954

  Rowatt, Wade C ^a   DeLue, Sean ^b   Strickhouser, Lee ^a   Gonzalez, Tina ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Nova SE Univ Coll of Med Sci   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Mate preferences; Self monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044392909     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00197-5     Document Type: Article

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