Male age preferences for short-term and long-term mating

Sexualities, Evolution and Gender

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-93

  Young, James A ^a   Critelli, Joseph W ^a   Keith, Kathy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Evolution; Marriage; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 28244474514     PISSN: 14792508     EISSN: 14792516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616660500035090     Document Type: Article

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