Misguided attraction: The contribution of normative and individual-differences components of the sexual system to mating preferences

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 196-200

  Szepsenwol, Ohad ^a,b   Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Birnbaum, Gurit E ^a  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gender differences; Individual differences; Mating preferences; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873432377     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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