Assessing sex differences and similarities in mate preferences: Above and beyond demand characteristics

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 781-791

  Evans, Kristen ^a   Brase, Gary L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand characteristics; Human mate preferences; Human sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 35549010637     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407507081471     Document Type: Article

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