Marriage affects competitive performance in male tennis players

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-148

  Farrelly, Daniel ^a,c   Nettle, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Male competition; Marriage; Mating effort; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749104626     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.2007.1004     Document Type: Article

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