He said, she said: Men's reports of mate value and mate retention behaviors in intimate relationships

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 459-462

  Starratt, Valerie G ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Mate retention; Mate value; Men's reports; Partner directed insults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862314699     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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