Verbal Compliments as a Differential Source of Mate Poaching Threat for Men and Women
Two studies tested whether people feel threatened by another individual verbally complimenting their romantic partner. Such compliments may indicate that the other person is a potential rival who will try to “poach” their mate. Across two studies, women were more threatened than men when imagining a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491401200405 |