Social influence, desirability and relationship investment: The effects of resourcefulness and sexual permissiveness

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-602

  Perlini, Arthur H ^a   Boychuk, Tanya L ^a  

^a ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mate preference; Sexual strategy; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745587836     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.5.593     Document Type: Article

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