Men Seek Social Standing, Women Seek Companionship: Sex Differences in Deriving Self-Worth From Relationships

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1142-1150

  Kwang, Tracy ^a   Crockett, Erin E ^b   Sanchez, Diana T ^c   Swann, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interpersonal relationships; self esteem; sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880069237     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612467466     Document Type: Article

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