Testing an Adaptationist Theory of Trait Covariation: Relative Bargaining Power as a Common Calibrator of an Interpersonal Syndrome

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 328-345

  Lukaszewski, Aaron W ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndrome; Evolutionary psychology; Facultative calibration; Internal regulatory variable; Latent variable; Trait covariation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881314584     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1908     Document Type: Article

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