Do assortative preferences contribute to assortative mating for adiposity?

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 474-485

  Fisher, Claire I ^a   Fincher, Corey L ^a   Hahn, Amanda C ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   deBruine, Lisa M ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908126594     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12055     Document Type: Article

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