Structural relations among negative affect, mate value, and mating effort

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-397

  Kirsner, Beth Randi ^a   Figueredo, Aurelio José ^b   Jacobs, W Jake ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Life History Theory; Mate value; Mating effort; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949497111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470490900700304     Document Type: Article

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