Gender differences in the jealousy-evoking effect of rival characteristics: A study in Spain and Argentina

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 323-339

  Buunk, Abraham P ^a,b   Solano, Alejandro Castro ^c,d   Zurriaga, Rosario ^e   González, Pilar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cultural differences; gender differences; Jealousy; rival characteristics; social comparison orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953177492     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111403664     Document Type: Article

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