Height, relationship satisfaction, jealousy, and mate retention

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-489

  Brewer, Gayle ^a   Riley, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Height; Jealousy; Mate retention; Mate value; Relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949529686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470490900700310     Document Type: Article

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