The ideal romantic partner personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 431-441

  Figueredo, Aurelio José ^a   Sefcek, Jon Adam ^a   Jones, Daniel Nelson ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Big five; Mate value; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745743016     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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