The association between men's ratings of women as desirable long-term mates and individual differences in women's sexual attitudes and behaviors

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 509-513

  Campbell, Lorne ^a   Cronk, Lee ^b   Simpson, Jeffry A ^c   Milroy, Alison ^b   Wilson, Carol L ^d   Dunham, Bria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Masculinity; Mate selection; Sociosexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249120867     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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