Sociosexual attitudes and behaviors: Why two factors are better than one

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 917-922

  Webster, Gregory D ^a   Bryan, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude behavior consistency; Confirmatory factor analysis; Evolutionary psychology; Gender differences; Hostility; Human sexuality; Measurement; Narcissism; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248548628     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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