Sex differences in detecting sexual infidelity : RRResults of a maximum likelihood method for analyzing the sensitivity of sex differences to underreporting

Human Nature

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-373

  Andrews, Paul W ^a   Gangestad, Steven W ^b   Miller, Geoffrey F ^b   Haselton, Martie G ^c   Thornhill, Randy ^b   Neale, Michael C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Error; Evolutionary psychology; Extrapair copulation; Infidelity; Jealousy; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849093079     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-008-9051-3     Document Type: Article

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