Female attractiveness mediates the relationship between in-pair copulation frequency and men's mate retention behaviors

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-295

  Kaighobadi, Farnaz ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female attractiveness; In pair copulation; Mate retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 45649085106     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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