Relief over the disconfirmation of the prospect of sexual and emotional infidelity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 668-678

  Schützwohl, Achim ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolved psychological mechanism; Infidelity; Jealousy; Monitoring device; Morbid jealousy; Relief; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749154435     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.09.026     Document Type: Article

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