Sex differences in the motivation and mitigation of jealousy-induced interrogations

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-502

  Kuhle, Barry X ^a   Smedley, Kerrie D ^b   Schmitt, David P ^c  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional infidelity; Evolutionary psychology; Interrogation; Jealousy; Mitigation; Sex differences; Sexual infidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249097448     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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