Jealousy: Evidence of strong sex differences using both forced choice and continuous measure paradigms

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 212-216

  Bendixen, Mons ^a   Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen ^a   Buss, David M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous measures; Forced choice; Jealousy; Sex differences; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934918276     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.05.035     Document Type: Article

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