It is not all about the benjamins: Understanding preferences for mates with resources

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-310

  Jonason, Peter K ^a   Li, Norman P ^b   Madson, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Mate preferences; Resources; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555164695     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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