Testing the cuckoldry risk hypothesis of partner sexual coercion in community and forensic samples

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-178

  Camilleri, Joseph A ^a   Quinsey, Vernon L ^b  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuckoldry risk; Partner rape; Partner sexual coercion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249086648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470490900700203     Document Type: Article

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