A narrow waist versus broad shoulders: Sex and age differences in the jealousy-evoking characteristics of a rival's body build

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 379-389

  Buunk, Bram P ^a   Dijkstra, Pieternel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Body build; Evolution; Jealousy; Shoulder to hip ratio; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444470672     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.01.020     Document Type: Article

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