Parental choice: What parents want in a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law across 67 pre-industrial societies

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 695-704

  Apostolou, Menelaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78249267929     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712609X480634     Document Type: Article

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