Reproduction expediting: Sexual motivations, fantasies, and the ticking biological clock

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 516-520

  Easton, Judith A ^a   Confer, Jaime C ^a   Goetz, Cari D ^a   Buss, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological clock; Fertility status; Individual differences; Reproduction expediting; Sexual fantasies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954216201     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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