Menstrual cycle shifts in women's self-perception and motivation: A daily report method

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 616-619

  Röder, Susanne ^a   Brewer, Gayle ^b   Fink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Cosmetics; Female mate choice; Intrasexual competition; Menstrual cycle; Short term relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649359306     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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