A study of men and women from different sides of earth to determine if men are from mars and women are from venus in their beliefs about love and romantic relationships

Sex Roles

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 131-147

  Sprecher, Susan ^a   Toro Morn, Maura ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural differences; love; romantic beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 9744285790     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019780801500     Document Type: Article

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