Universal dimensions of human mate preferences

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 447-458

  Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Schmitt, David P ^b   Buss, David M ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural analyses; Mate preferences; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444486915     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.01.023     Document Type: Article

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