The influence of facial masculinity and voice pitch on jealousy and perceptions of intrasexual rivalry

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-373

  O'Connor, Jillian J M ^a   Feinberg, David R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Faces; Femininity; Intrasexual competition; Jealousy; Masculinity; Sexual dimorphism; Voices

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555160890     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.036     Document Type: Article

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