When a "poach" is not a poach: Re-defining human mate poaching and re-estimating its frequency

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 702-716

  Davies, Alastair P C ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Hass, R Glen ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Infidelity; Mate poaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JEALOUS DELUSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; COURTSHIP; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 36148977150     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9158-8     Document Type: Article

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