Sex differences in response to sexual and emotional infidelity among Spanish and chilean students

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-365

  Fernandez, Ana Maria ^a   Sierra, Juan Carlos ^b   Zubeidat, Ihab ^b   Vera Villarroel, Pablo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Latin American Association of Analysis and Modification of Behavior (ALAMOC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional infidelity; Evolutionary psychology; Forced choice methodology; Jealousy; Sexual infidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744794286     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022106288474     Document Type: Review

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