Personality features and mate retention strategies: Honesty-humility and the willingness to manipulate, deceive, and exploit romantic partners

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-36

  Holden, Christopher J ^a   Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Pham, Michael N ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HEXACO; Mate retention; Personality; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886305548     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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