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"How to spot a psychopath". Lay theories of psychopathy

scientific article published on 3 November 2008

A Critical Test of the Waist-to-Hip Ratio Hypothesis of Women's Physical Attractiveness in Britain and Greece

A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Men’s Judgments of Female Body Weight in Britain and Indonesia

scholarly article by Viren Swami et al published 30 November 2010 in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

A comparison of actual-ideal weight discrepancy, body appreciation, and media influence between street-dancers and non-dancers

scientific article published on 12 August 2009

A dark side of positive illusions? Associations between the love-is-blind bias and the experience of jealousy

article

A fair day's wage? Perceptions of public sector pay.

scientific article published in December 2009

A reassessment of the higher-order factor structure of the German Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ-G) in German-speaking adults

article

Acceptance of cosmetic surgery: personality and individual difference predictors

scientific article published on 28 November 2008

Alien psychology: Associations between extraterrestrial beliefs and paranormal ideation, superstitious beliefs, schizotypy, and the Big Five personality factors

An examination of ethnic differences in actual-ideal weight discrepancy and its correlates in a sample of Malaysian women

An examination of the factor structure and preliminary assessment of the psychometric properties of a Hebrew translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2)

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

An examination of the factorial and convergent validity of four measures of conspiracist ideation, with recommendations for researchers

scientific article

An exploration of the associations between facets of interoceptive awareness and body image in adolescents

scientific article published on 22 October 2019

An investigation into assessment centre validity, fairness, and selection drivers

article published in 2010

An investigation of weight bias against women and its associations with individual difference factors

scientific article published in June 2010

Analytic thinking reduces belief in conspiracy theories

scientific article

Are tattooed adults really more aggressive and rebellious than those without tattoos?

scientific article published on 3 October 2015

Assessing the measurement invariance of two positive body image instruments in adults from Malaysia and the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

Associations Between Positive Body Image, Sexual Liberalism, and Unconventional Sexual Practices in U.S. Adults.

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

Associations Between Women’s Body Image and Happiness: Results of the YouBeauty.com Body Image Survey (YBIS)

scholarly article by Viren Swami et al published 26 April 2014 in Journal of Happiness Studies

Associations among men's sexist attitudes, objectification of women, and their own drive for muscularity

Associations between belief in conspiracy theories and the maladaptive personality traits of the personality inventory for DSM-5.

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella! Individual differences and preference for surrealist literature

article by Viren Swami et al published February 2012 in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Beliefs about schizophrenia and its treatment in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

scientific article

Beliefs in Genetic Determinism and Attitudes towards Psychiatric Genetic Research: Psychometric Scale Properties, Construct Associations, Demographic Correlates, and Cross-Cultural Comparisons

Beliefs in genetic determinism and attitudes towards psychiatric genetic research: psychometric scale properties, construct associations, demographic correlates, and cross-cultural comparisons

scientific article

Big and beautiful: attractiveness and health ratings of the female body by male "fat admirers".

scientific article published on 7 August 2007

Big beautiful women: the body size preferences of male fat admirers

scientific article

Blame it on patriarchy: more sexist attitudes are associated with stronger consideration of cosmetic surgery for oneself and one's partner

scientific article published on 8 November 2012

Bodies in nature: Associations between exposure to nature, connectedness to nature, and body image in U.S. adults

scientific article

Body acceptance by others: Refinement of the construct, and development and psychometric evaluation of a revised measure - The Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2

scientific article published on 30 December 2020

Body image and personality: associations between the Big Five Personality Factors, actual-ideal weight discrepancy, and body appreciation

scientific article published on 30 November 2012

Breast size dissatisfaction, but not body dissatisfaction, is associated with breast self-examination frequency and breast change detection in British women

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

Brief assessment of schizotypal traits: A multinational study.

scientific article published on 4 November 2017

British men’s hair color preferences: An assessment of courtship solicitation and stimulus ratings ⬇️

scientific article published on August 29, 2011

COVID-19-related stress and anxiety are associated with negative body image in adults from the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Cognitive ability, learning approaches and personality correlates of general knowledge

scientific article (publication date: 20 May 2008)

Conspiracist ideation in Britain and Austria: evidence of a monological belief system and associations between individual psychological differences and real-world and fictitious conspiracy theories

scientific article published on 25 February 2011

Correlates of appearance and weight satisfaction in a U.S. National Sample: Personality, attachment style, television viewing, self-esteem, and life satisfaction

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

Demographic correlates of just world and unjust beliefs in an Austrian sample

scientific article published in December 2009

Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4).

scientific article published on 6 October 2014

Differences in attractiveness preferences between observers in low- and high-resource environments in Thailand

scholarly article by Viren Swami & Martin J. Tovée published March 2007 in Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Dimensional structure, psychometric properties, and sex and ethnic invariance of a Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) translation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2)

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Does financial security influence judgements of female physical attractiveness?

Does hunger influence judgments of female physical attractiveness?

scientific article published in August 2006

Editors' response to Clarivate Analytics' decision to suppress Body Image from receiving a 2019 Impact Factor

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric environmental concerns: a path analytic investigation of their determinants

scientific article published on 24 November 2009

Estimates of Self, Parental and Partner Multiple Intelligences in Iran: A replication and extension

scientific article

Estimates of self, parental, and partner multiple intelligence and their relationship with personality, values, and demographic variables: a study in Britain and France.

scientific article published in November 2009

Estimating self, parental, and partner multiple intelligences: a replication in Malaysia.

scientific article published in December 2006

Evaluating self and partner physical attractiveness

scientific article published in December 2006

Evaluating the Physical Attractiveness of Oneself and One s Romantic Partner

Examining conspiracist beliefs about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

scientific article published in October 2012

Examining mental health literacy and its correlates using the overclaiming technique ⬇️

scientific article published on April 26, 2011

Exposure to natural environments, and photographs of natural environments, promotes more positive body image

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Factor structure and correlates of the acceptance of cosmetic surgery scale among South Korean university students

scientific article published in February 2012

Factor structure and psychometric properties of a Romanian translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2.

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Factor structure and psychometric properties of a Romanian translation of the drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS) in university men.

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Factor structure and psychometric properties of a Spanish translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2)

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Body Appreciation Scale among adults in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 15 December 2014

Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in university students in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Factor structure of the Body Appreciation Scale among Indonesian women and men: Further evidence of a two-factor solution in a non-Western population ⬇️

scientific article published on July 12, 2012

Factor structure of the Body Appreciation Scale among Malaysian women

scientific article published on 21 July 2008

Factors that affect the likelihood of undergoing cosmetic surgery

scientific article published on September 2007

Female physical attractiveness in Britain and Japan: a cross-cultural study

Female physical attractiveness in Britain and Malaysia: a cross-cultural study

scientific article

Five-factor personality correlates of perceptions of women’s body sizes

Free the animals? Investigating attitudes toward animal testing in Britain and the United States

scientific article

Further investigation of the validity and reliability of the photographic figure rating scale for body image assessment

scientific article published on 29 February 2012

General health mediates the relationship between loneliness, life satisfaction and depression. A study with Malaysian medical students

scientific article published on 18 December 2006

German translation and psychometric evaluation of the Body Appreciation Scale

article

Girl in the cellar: a repeated cross-sectional investigation of belief in conspiracy theories about the kidnapping of Natascha Kampusch

scientific article published on 24 May 2013

Greater gastric interoception is associated with more positive body image: Evidence from adults in Malaysia and the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

Individual differences in music consumption are predicted by uses of music and age rather than emotional intelligence, neuroticism, extraversion or openness

Initial examination of the validity and reliability of the female photographic figure rating scale for body image assessment

article published in 2008

Is the hijab protective? An investigation of body image and related constructs among British Muslim women

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

Lay perceptions of current and future health, the causes of illness, and the nature of recovery: explaining health and illness in Malaysia

scientific article published on 14 October 2008

Lonelier, lazier, and teased: the stigmatizing effect of body size

scientific article published in October 2008

Looking good: factors affecting the likelihood of having cosmetic surgery

article by Viren Swami et al published 11 December 2007 in European journal of plastic surgery

Male physical attractiveness in Britain and Greece: a cross-cultural study

scientific article

Male physical attractiveness in Britain and Malaysia: A cross-cultural study

scientific article

Men's oppressive beliefs predict their breast size preferences in women

scientific article published on 15 February 2013

Men's preferences for women's profile waist-to-hip ratio, breast size, and ethnic group in Britain and South Africa

scientific article published in May 2009

Mental health literacy of maternal and paternal postnatal (postpartum) depression in British adults

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

More similar than different: Tattooed adults are only slightly more impulsive and willing to take risks than Non-tattooed adults

More than just skin deep? Personality information influences men's ratings of the attractiveness of women's body sizes

scientific article published in November 2010

Multi-method personality assessment of butchers and hunters: Beliefs and reality

Nature exposure and positive body image: (Re-)examining the mediating roles of connectedness to nature and trait mindfulness

scientific article published on 27 June 2020

Oppressive Beliefs at Play: Associations among Beauty Ideals and Practices and Individual Differences in Sexism, Objectification of Others, and Media Exposure

article by Viren Swami et al published 2 August 2010 in Psychology of Women Quarterly

PERCEPTION OF FEMALE BUTTOCKS AND BREAST SIZE IN PROFILE

Patient preferences for dentists

scientific article published in March 2009

Perceptions of female body weight and shape among indigenous and urban Europeans

scientific article published on February 2007

Perceptions of plagiarisers: The influence of target physical attractiveness, transgression severity, and sex on attributions of guilt and punishment

scientific article

Personality and individual difference correlates of attitudes toward human rights and civil liberties

Personality and individual difference correlates of positive body image

scientific article published on 26 June 2008

Personality differences between tattooed and non-tattooed individuals

scientific article published in August 2012

Personality predictors of artistic preferences as a function of the emotional valence and perceived complexity of paintings

Positive body image is positively associated with hedonic (emotional) and eudaimonic (psychological and social) well-being in British adults

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Positive body image: Inter-ethnic and rural–urban differences among an indigenous sample from Malaysian Borneo ⬇️

scientific article published on August 5, 2011

Preferences for Female Body Weight and Shape in Three European Countries

Preferences for body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio do not vary with observer age

Preferences for female body size in Britain and the South Pacific

scientific article published in March 2007

Preliminary examination of the psychometric properties of the Psychiatric Scepticism Scale ⬇️

scientific article published on March 29, 2011

Prevalence and Acceptance of Tattoos and Piercings: A Survey of Young Adults from the Southern German-Speaking Area of Central Europe ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2010

Promoting Inter-Ethnic Understanding and Empathy Using a Round Table Cinema Activity with Malaysian Malay and Chinese Students

scientific article published on 16 January 2020

Psychometric Evaluation of the Tagalog and German Subjective Happiness Scales and a Cross-Cultural Comparison

article

Psychometric properties of the Drive for Muscularity Scale in Malay men.

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

Psychometric properties of the Malay Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire: Measurement invariance and latent mean comparisons in Malaysian adults

scientific article

Public knowledge and beliefs about depression among urban and rural Malays in Malaysia

scientific article

Resource security impacts men's female breast size preferences

scientific article

S113. THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SCHIZOTYPAL COMPONENTS AND CONSPIRACIST BELIEFS THROUGH COGNITIVE MEDIATORS.

scientific article published in April 2018

Self- and other-estimates of multiple abilities in Britain and Turkey: a cross-cultural comparison of subjective ratings of intelligence

scientific article published in December 2009

Self-esteem mediates the relationship between connectedness to nature and body appreciation in women, but not men.

scientific article published on 28 November 2015

Sexuality and the drive for muscularity: evidence of associations among British men.

scientific article published on 7 September 2014

Social dominance orientation predicts drive for muscularity among British men.

scientific article

Sociocultural adjustment among sojourning Malaysian students in Britain: a replication and path analytic extension

scientific article

Taking it apart and putting it back together again: Using Item Pool Visualisation to summarise complex data patterns in (positive) body image research

scientific article published on 25 June 2020

The Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale: Initial examination of its factor structure and correlates among Brazilian adults ⬇️

scientific article published on February 26, 2011

The Big Five Personality Traits and Uses of Music

The Body Acceptance by Others Scale: An assessment of its factorial validity in adults from the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

The Breast Size Rating Scale: Development and psychometric evaluation

scientific article published on 28 March 2015

The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

The Influence of Body Mass Index on the Physical Attractiveness Preferences of Feminist and Nonfeminist Heterosexual Women and Lesbians

The Influence of Facial Piercings and Observer Personality on Perceptions of Physical Attractiveness and Intelligence

The Romanian version of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2: Assessment of its psychometric properties and gender invariance in Romanian adults

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions: results of the international body project I.

scientific article published in March 2010

The beliefs in the inheritance of risk factors for suicide scale (BIRFSS): cross-cultural validation in Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States

scientific article

The correspondence of public perceptions of graduates’ life chances and university departmental funding

The disinterested play of thought: Individual differences and preference for surrealist motion pictures

The impact of exposure to films of natural and built environments on state body appreciation

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

The impact of psychological stress on men's judgements of female body size

scientific article

The influence of feminist ascription on judgements of women's physical attractiveness.

scientific article published on 14 February 2008

The influence of leg-to-body ratio (LBR) on judgments of female physical attractiveness: assessments of computer-generated images varying in LBR.

scientific article

The influence of men’s sexual strategies on perceptions of women’s bodily attractiveness, health and fertility

article

The influence of person traits on lawyer selection among British adults

scientific article published in October 2012

The influence of practitioner nationality, experience, and sex in shaping patient preferences for dentists ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

The influence of skin tone, body weight, and hair colour on perceptions of women's attractiveness and health: A cross-cultural investigation

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The influence of skin tone, hair length, and hair colour on ratings of women's physical attractiveness, health and fertility

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

The leg-to-body ratio as a human aesthetic criterion

scientific article

The recognition of mental health disorders and its association with psychiatric scepticism, knowledge of psychiatry, and the Big Five personality factors: an investigation using the overclaiming technique

scientific article published on 6 February 2010

The relationship between dimensions of love, personality, and relationship length

scientific article published on 25 August 2009

The relationship between schizotypal facets and conspiracist beliefs via cognitive processes

scientific article

The relative contribution of profile body shape and weight to judgements of women's physical attractiveness in Britain and Malaysia

scientific article published on 21 September 2007

The social construction of gender and its influence on suicide: a review of the literature

article

The truth is out there: the structure of beliefs about extraterrestrial life among Austrian and British respondents

scientific article

To Brexit or not to Brexit: The roles of Islamophobia, conspiracist beliefs, and integrated threat in voting intentions for the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Translation and psychometric evaluation of a Standard Chinese version of the Body Appreciation Scale-2.

scientific article

Translation and validation of a Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA)

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Translation and validation of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in Brazilian adults

scientific article published on 09 November 2019

Translation and validation of body image instruments: Challenges, good practice guidelines, and reporting recommendations for test adaptation

scientific article published on 13 September 2018

Unanswered questions: A preliminary investigation of personality and individual difference predictors of 9/11 conspiracist beliefs

Unattractive, promiscuous and heavy drinkers: perceptions of women with tattoos

scientific article

Using more than 10% of our brains: Examining belief in science-related myths from an individual differences perspective

Weight discrepancy and body appreciation among women in Poland and Britain

scientific article published on 22 August 2013

Weight discrepancy and body appreciation of Zimbabwean women in Zimbabwe and Britain

scientific article published on 18 June 2012

Weight-Based Discrimination in Occupational Hiring and Helping Behavior

What men really want: a qualitative investigation of men's health needs from the Halton and St Helens Primary Care Trust men's health promotion project

scientific article published on 13 April 2010

What's in a Surname? Physique, Aptitude, and Sports Type Comparisons between Tailors and Smiths

scientific article

Who Believes in the Giant Skeleton Myth? An Examination of Individual Difference Correlates

article by Viren Swami et al published 5 January 2016 in SAGE Open

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