The effect of childhood experiences on mate choice in personality traits: Homogamy and sexual imprinting

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 467-472

  Gyuris, Petra ^a   Járai, Róbert ^a   Bereczkei, Tamás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Emotional stability; Mate preferences; Parental styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954243692     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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