Playing the field: The effect of fertility on women’s desire for variety

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1372-1391

  Durante, Kristina M ^a   Arsena, Ashley Rae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 84925813318     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679652     Document Type: Article

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