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mate retention: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary psychology

behaviors people use to keep a partner, from vigilance and concealment to threats and violence.

In evolutionary psychology, mate retention refers to behaviors people use to keep a partner, from vigilance and concealment to threats and violence. This meaning comes from Buss (1988) in Ethology and Sociobiology.[1]

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References

Buss, D. M. (1988). From vigilance to violence. Ethology and Sociobiology, 9(5), 291-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/0162-3095(88)90010-6

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