Jealousy in the blink of an eye: Jealous reactions following subliminal exposure to rival characteristics

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 768-779

  Massar, Karlijn ^a   Buunk, Abraham P ^a,b   Dechesne, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXPECTATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JEALOUSY; MALE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 69249134257     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.579     Document Type: Article

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