Assailing the Competition: Sexual Selection, Proximate Mating Motives, and Aggressive Behavior in Men

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1648-1658

  Ainsworth, Sarah E ^a   Maner, Jon K ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; evolutionary psychology; mating; motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MOTIVATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SINGLE PERSON; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911164019     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214554590     Document Type: Article

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