Sex differences in response to sexual versus emotional infidelity: The moderating role of individual differences

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-291

  Miller, Saul L ^a   Maner, Jon K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Individual differences; Infidelity; Jealousy; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149119448     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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