How low will men with high self-esteem go? self-esteem as a moderator of gender differences in minimum relationship standards

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 491-500

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Campe, John W ^a   Myers, Erin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate value; Minimum standards; Relationships; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350188342     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9641-5     Document Type: Article

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