Correlates of minimal dating

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 549-567

  Leck, Kira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Couple relationships; Gender differences; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749821798     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.146.5.549-567     Document Type: Article

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