Partner-specific investment strategies: Similarities and differences in couples and associations with sociosexual orientation and attachment dimensions

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Tempelhof, Tammy Candice ^a   Sabura Allen, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Partner specific investment; Romantic relationships; Sociosexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649135596     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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