Age preferences in personal advertisements: Two life history strategies or one matching tactic?

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-89

  Rasmussen, Jeffrey Lee ^a   Rajecki, D W ^a   Ebert, Anita A ^a   Lagler, Kathy ^a   Brewer, Candice ^a   Cochran, Elizabeth ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age preferences; Assortive mating; Evolutionary model; Human life history strategies; Matching hypothesis; Personal advertisements; Sex differences; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842636539     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407598151005     Document Type: Review

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