Gender differences in subjective distress to emotional and sexual infidelity: Evolutionary or logical inference explanation?

Current Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-336

  Cramer, Robert Ervin ^a   Abraham, William Todd ^a   Johnson, Lesley M ^b   Manning Ryan, Barbara ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4444374277     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-001-1015-2     Document Type: Article

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