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A New Trait-Based Model of Child-to-Parent Aggression (2017)
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Kuay, H. S., Tiffin, P. A., Boothroyd, L. G., Towl, G. J., & Centifanti, L. C. (2017). A New Trait-Based Model of Child-to-Parent Aggression. Adolescent Research Review, 2(3), 199-211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-017-0061-4

Incidents of child-to-parent aggression have been the most under-researched area of domestic violence. The risk factors for child-to-parent aggression are still unknown. This article reviews risk factors that might explain aggression among adolescent... Read More about A New Trait-Based Model of Child-to-Parent Aggression.

Narcissism and the Strategic Pursuit of Short-Term Mating: Universal Links across 11 World Regions of the International Sexuality Description Project-2 (2017)
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Schmitt, D., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Alves, I., Anderson, C., Angelini, A., …Zupančič, A. (2017). Narcissism and the Strategic Pursuit of Short-Term Mating: Universal Links across 11 World Regions of the International Sexuality Description Project-2. Psychological Topics, 26(1), 89-137

Previous studies have documented links between sub-clinical narcissism and the active pursuit of short-term mating strategies (e.g., unrestricted sociosexuality, marital infidelity, mate poaching). Nearly all of these investigations have relied solel... Read More about Narcissism and the Strategic Pursuit of Short-Term Mating: Universal Links across 11 World Regions of the International Sexuality Description Project-2.

Male facial appearance and offspring mortality in two traditional societies (2017)
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Boothroyd, L., Gray, A., Headland, T., Uehara, R., Waynforth, D., Burt, D., & Pound, N. (2017). Male facial appearance and offspring mortality in two traditional societies. PLoS ONE, 12(1), Article e0169181. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169181

It has been hypothesised that facial traits such as masculinity and a healthy appearance may indicate heritable qualities in males (e.g. immunocompetence) and that, consequently, female preferences for such traits may function to increase offspring v... Read More about Male facial appearance and offspring mortality in two traditional societies.

The Impact of Parenthood on Physical Aggression: Evidence from criminal data (2016)
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Boothroyd, L., & Cross, C. (2016). The Impact of Parenthood on Physical Aggression: Evidence from criminal data. Aggressive Behavior, 42(6), 577-584. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21652

Evolutionary approaches to sex differences in physical aggression weigh the potential benefits of aggression against the likely costs to inclusive fitness, with some authors focusing on the damage physical injury would do to female inclusive fitness,... Read More about The Impact of Parenthood on Physical Aggression: Evidence from criminal data.

Television exposure predicts body size ideals in rural Nicaragua (2016)
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Boothroyd, L., Jucker, J., Thornborrow, T., Jamieson, M., Burt, D., Barton, R., …Tovée, M. (2016). Television exposure predicts body size ideals in rural Nicaragua. British Journal of Psychology, 107(4), 752-767. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12184

Internalization of a thin ideal has been posited as a key risk factor in the development of pathological eating attitudes. Cross-culturally, studies have found a preference for heavier bodies in populations with reduced access to visual media compare... Read More about Television exposure predicts body size ideals in rural Nicaragua.

Concurrent parent–child relationship quality is associated with an imprinting-like effect in children’s facial preferences (2015)
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Vukovic, J., Boothroyd, L., Meins, E., & Burt, D. (2015). Concurrent parent–child relationship quality is associated with an imprinting-like effect in children’s facial preferences. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36(4), 331-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.03.004

Humans have been shown to display phenomena resembling sexual imprinting, whereby adults are attracted to features in potential mates which resemble their opposite sex parent. In humans this may be particularly so when the parent–child relationship i... Read More about Concurrent parent–child relationship quality is associated with an imprinting-like effect in children’s facial preferences.

Developmental changes in children's facial preferences (2014)
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Boothroyd, L., Meins, E., Vukovic, J., & Burt, D. (2014). Developmental changes in children's facial preferences. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35(5), 376-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.05.002

Facial averageness, symmetry, health, and femininity are positively associated with adults' judgements of attractiveness, but little is known about the age at which preferences for individual facial traits develop. We investigated preferences for the... Read More about Developmental changes in children's facial preferences.

Perceptions of Female Body Size and Shape in China, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom (2014)
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Mo, J., Cheung, K. W., Gledhill, L. J., Pollet, T. V., Boothroyd, L. G., & Tovée, M. J. (2014). Perceptions of Female Body Size and Shape in China, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. Cross-Cultural Research, 48(1), 78-103. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397113510272

Photographs of 50 women were rated for attractiveness, health, and fertility recorded by four sets of participants—Rural-Chinese (n = 50), Chinese participants in Hong Kong (n = 50), Chinese participants living in the United Kingdom (n = 50), and par... Read More about Perceptions of Female Body Size and Shape in China, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom.

Male Facial Masculinity as a Cue to Health Outcomes (2013)
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Boothroyd, L., Scott, I., Gray, A., Coombes, C., & Pound, N. (2013). Male Facial Masculinity as a Cue to Health Outcomes. Evolutionary Psychology, 11(5), 1044-1058

Evolutionary theories of human attraction draw heavily upon nonhuman literature, and currently the Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis dominates research into female attraction to male facial masculinity. Although some studies have shown links betwe... Read More about Male Facial Masculinity as a Cue to Health Outcomes.

Self-Reported Impulsivity, Rather than Sociosexuality, Predicts Women’s Preferences for Masculine Features in Male Faces (2013)
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Boothroyd, L. G., & Brewer, G. (2014). Self-Reported Impulsivity, Rather than Sociosexuality, Predicts Women’s Preferences for Masculine Features in Male Faces. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(5), 983-988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0204-z

Previous research has suggested that an individual’s sociosexual orientation (i.e., their willingness to engage in sexual behavior outside of long-term relationships) may influence the qualities they find attractive in a potential mate. Results, howe... Read More about Self-Reported Impulsivity, Rather than Sociosexuality, Predicts Women’s Preferences for Masculine Features in Male Faces.

Father absence and age at first birth in a western sample (2013)
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Boothroyd, L., Craig, P., Crossman, R., & Perrett, D. (2013). Father absence and age at first birth in a western sample. American Journal of Human Biology, 25(3), 366-369. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22378

Objectives: Although a large literature has shown links between “father absence” during early childhood, and earlier puberty and sexual behavior in girls in Western populations, there are only a few studies which have looked at timing of reproduction... Read More about Father absence and age at first birth in a western sample.

Do men’s faces really signal heritable immunocompetence? (2013)
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Scott, I., Clark, A., Boothroyd, L., & Penton-Voak, I. (2013). Do men’s faces really signal heritable immunocompetence?. Behavioral Ecology, 24(3), 579-589. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars092

In the literature on human mate choice, masculine facial morphology is often proposed to be an intersexual signal of heritable immunocompetence, and hence an important component of men’s attractiveness. This hypothesis has received considerable resea... Read More about Do men’s faces really signal heritable immunocompetence?.

Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7 to 11-year-old girls: testing a sociocultural model (2013)
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Evans, E., Tovee, M., Boothroyd, L., & Drewett, R. (2013). Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7 to 11-year-old girls: testing a sociocultural model. Body Image, 10(1), 8-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.10.001

We examined the sociocultural model of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitude development in young girls for the first time. According to the model, internalizing an unrealistically thin ideal body increases the risk of disordered eating... Read More about Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7 to 11-year-old girls: testing a sociocultural model.

Visual Diet versus Associative Learning as Mechanisms of Change in Body Size Preferences (2012)
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Boothroyd, L., Tovée, M., & Pollett, T. (2012). Visual Diet versus Associative Learning as Mechanisms of Change in Body Size Preferences. PLoS ONE, 7(11), Article e48691. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048691

Systematic differences between populations in their preferences for body size may arise as a result of an adaptive ‘prepared learning’ mechanism, whereby cues to health or status in the local population are internalized and affect body preferences. A... Read More about Visual Diet versus Associative Learning as Mechanisms of Change in Body Size Preferences.

Female facial appearance and health (2012)
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Gray, A. W., & Boothroyd, L. G. (2012). Female facial appearance and health. Evolutionary Psychology, 10(1), 66-77

The current study addressed whether rated femininity, attractiveness, and health in female faces are associated with numerous indices of self-reported health history (number of colds/stomach bugs/frequency of antibiotic use) in a sample of 105 female... Read More about Female facial appearance and health.

Perceiving the facial correlates of sociosexuality: Further evidence (2011)
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Boothroyd, L., Cross, C., Gray, A., Coombes, C., & Gregson-Curtis, K. (2011). Perceiving the facial correlates of sociosexuality: Further evidence. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(3), 422-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.10.017

Certain physical traits are associated with individuals’ tendency towards short-term sexual relationships (as assayed by the Sociosexual Orientation Inventory). Observers may be able to accurately detect sociosexuality at zero acquaintance. Here we s... Read More about Perceiving the facial correlates of sociosexuality: Further evidence.

Age at menarche predicts individual differences in women’s preferences for masculinized male voices in adulthood (2010)
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Jones, B., Boothroyd, L., Feinberg, D., & DeBruine, L. (2010). Age at menarche predicts individual differences in women’s preferences for masculinized male voices in adulthood. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(7), 860-863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.007

Although researchers have suggested that adult women who experienced early puberty may demonstrate particularly strong preferences for masculine men, evidence for such an association is equivocal. Here we show that adult women’s preferences for mascu... Read More about Age at menarche predicts individual differences in women’s preferences for masculinized male voices in adulthood.

Testing immuncompetence explanations of male facial masculinity (2009)
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Boothroyd, L. G., Lawson, J. F., & Burt, D. M. (2009). Testing immuncompetence explanations of male facial masculinity. Journal of cultural and evolutionary psychology, 7(1), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1556/jep.7.2009.1.7

Currently the Immunocompetence Hypothesis dominates research into female attraction to male facial masculinity. Although studies have shown links between masculinity and possible indicators of health such as fluctuating asymmetry, preferences for fac... Read More about Testing immuncompetence explanations of male facial masculinity.