Conditional mate preferences: Factors influencing preferences for height

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 203-215

  Salska, Irmina ^a   Frederick, David A ^b,c   Pawlowski, Boguslaw ^a,d   Reilly, Andrew H ^e   Laird, Kelsey T ^b   Rudd, Nancy A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c and Development   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Gender roles; Height; Mate preferences; Men; Sexual dimorphism; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248872899     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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