Sex-specific relationship between digit ratio (2D:4D) and romantic jealousy

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1039-1045

  Park, Justin H ^a   Wieling, Martijn B ^a   Buunk, Abraham P ^a,b   Massar, Karlijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Androgens; Digit ratio; Jealousy; Sex differences; Sex hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349153613     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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