Sex differences in the willingness to betray and switch romantic partners

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 265-272

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Hengmith, Simone ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Human mate choice; Physical attractiveness; Sex differences; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244470703     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.64.4.265     Document Type: Article

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