Risk of sperm competition moderates the relationship between men's satisfaction with their partner and men's interest in their partner's copulatory orgasm

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 961-966

  McKibbin, William F ^a   Bates, Vincent M ^b   Shackelford, Todd K ^c   Hafen, Christopher A ^b   LaMunyon, Craig W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating; Orgasm; Sperm; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956882794     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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