Mate Retention Tactics in Spain: Personality, Sex Differences, and Relationship Status

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 563-586

  De Miguel, Adelia ^a   Buss, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JEALOUSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; SPAIN;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JEALOUSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPAIN;

EID: 79955506633     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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