Sex differences in intergroup competition, aggression, and warfare: The male warrior hypothesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1167, Issue , 2009, Pages 124-134

  Van Vugt, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competition; Cooperation; Evolutionary psychology; Gender; Intergroup behavior; Sex differences; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPETITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; POLITICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY; STEREOTYPY; WAR;

EID: 67649668684     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04539.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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