Age differences in women's tendency to gossip are mediated by their mate value

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-109

  Massar, Karlijn ^a   Buunk, Abraham P ^a,b   Rempt, Sanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Age differences; Gossip; Intrasexual competition; Mate value

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455209063     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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