Men and women prefer risk takers as romantic and nonromantic partners

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Bassett, Jonathan F ^a,b   Moss, Brett J ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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