Drinking games as a venue for sexual competition

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 889-906

  Hone, Liana S E ^a   Carter, Evan C ^a   McCullough, Michael E ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Drinking games; Sex differences; Sexual selection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884558385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491301100413     Document Type: Article

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