It's not all about her: Men's mate value and mate retention

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-218

  Miner, Emily J ^a   Starratt, Valerie G ^b   Shackelford, Todd K ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Male mate retention; Mate value; Sexual infidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349099859     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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