Measuring Mate Preferences: A Replication and Extension

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-187

  Boxer, Christie F ^a   Noonan, Mary C ^b   Whelan, Christine B ^c  

^a ADRIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary psychology; mate preferences; sex differences; social roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918584351     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13490404     Document Type: Article

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