Adolescent bullying, dating, and mating: Testing an evolutionary hypothesis

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Volk, Anthony A ^a   Dane, Andrew V ^a   Marini, Zopito A ^a   Vaillancourt, Tracy ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullying; Dating; Evolution; Sex; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATING; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84952913804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474704915613909     Document Type: Article

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