Personality and testosterone in men from a high-fertility population

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 840-844

  Alvergne, Alexandra ^a,b   Jokela, Markus ^c   Faurie, Charlotte ^d   Lummaa, Virpi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Big Five factors; Extraversion; Reproductive success; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956879129     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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