Digit ratio (2D:4D), mate guarding, and physical aggression in dating couples

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 709-713

  Cousins, Alita J ^a   Fugère, Madeleine A ^a   Franklin, Melissa ^b  

^a EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Aggression; Digit ratio; Evolutionary psychology; Mate guarding; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849108174     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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