Age Variation in Mating Strategies and Mate Preferences: Beliefs versus Reality
We conducted three studies to (1) investigate individuals' beliefs about change in mating desires over the course of emerging adulthood and (2) determine whether those beliefs reflect actual variation in mating desires among emerging adults of varied ages (late teens through twenties). In Study...
Main Authors: | April Bleske-Rechek, Bailey VandenHeuvel, Maria Vander Wyst |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-04-01
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Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700204 |
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