Sex differences in self-reported infidelity and its correlates

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 101-109

  Brand, Rebecca J ^a   Markey, Charlotte M ^b   Mills, Ana ^a   Hodges, Sara D ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlates of infidelity; Evolutionary psychology; Parental investment theory; Sex differences in infidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547662267     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9221-5     Document Type: Article

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