Sex differences and sex similarities in disgust sensitivity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-348

  Tybur, Joshua M ^a   Bryan, Angela D ^b   Lieberman, Debra ^c   Caldwell Hooper, Ann E ^b   Merriman, Leslie A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Disgust Sensitivity; Emotions; Evolutionary Psychology; Individual Differences; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958080436     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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