Mate-preference drives mate-choice: Men's self-rated masculinity predicts their female partner's preference for masculinity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1023-1027

  Burriss, Robert P ^a   Welling, Lisa L M ^b   Puts, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Face; Masculinity; Mate choice; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053230081     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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