Grief Functions as an Honest Indicator of Commitment

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-186

  Winegard, Bo M ^a   Reynolds, Tania ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Winegard, Benjamin ^b   Maner, Jon K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary psychology; grief; signaling theory; social selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84898837279     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868314521016     Document Type: Article

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