Emotional responses to sexual and emotional infidelity: Constants and differences across genders, samples, and methods

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1375-1388

  Sabini, John ^a   Green, Melanie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Evolution; Gender; Jealousy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEALOUSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEALOUSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 7544228930     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204264012     Document Type: Review

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