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Overview

David P. Schmitt is affiliated with the Kansas State University in the United States, focusing primarily on psychology and social sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, social psychology, clinical psychology, and general health professions.

Their work covers a range of topics with special emphasis on evolutionary psychology and human behavior, marriage and sexual relationships, attachment and relationship dynamics, sexuality, behavior, and technology. Additional areas of interest include consumer behavior in brand consumption and identification, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, as well as psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David P. Schmitt include:

  • David M. Buss
  • Patrick K. Durkee
  • Todd K. Shackelford
  • Brian F. Bowdle
  • Gary L. Brase

Their publications appear repeatedly in several academic journals, with multiple contributions in:

  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Evolutionary Psychological Science
  • The Journal of Sex Research

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by David P. Schmitt include:

  • "Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries," 2021, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • "Human status criteria: Sex differences and similarities across 14 nations," 2020, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "Levels of Well-Being Among Men Who Are Incel (Involuntarily Celibate)," 2022, Evolutionary Psychological Science
  • "The Mating Psychology of Incels (Involuntary Celibates): Misfortunes, Misperceptions, and Misrepresentations," 2023, The Journal of Sex Research
  • "When Staying Home Is Not Safe: An Investigation of the Role of Attachment Style on Stress and Intimate Partner Violence in the Time of COVID-19," 2022, Archives of Sexual Behavior

Best Publications

  • Sexual Strategies Theory: An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Mating

    David M. Buss;David P. Schmitt

  • Simultaneous Administration of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in 53 Nations: Exploring the Universal and Culture-Specific Features of Global Self-Esteem.

    David P. Schmitt;Jüri Allik

  • Why can't a man be more like a woman? Sex differences in Big Five personality traits across 55 cultures.

    David P. Schmitt;Anu Realo;Martin Voracek;Jüri Allik

  • The Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits Patterns and Profiles of Human Self-Description Across 56 Nations

    David P. Schmitt;Jüri Allik;Robert R. McCrae;Verónica Benet-Martínez

  • Sociosexuality from Argentina to Zimbabwe: a 48-nation study of sex, culture, and strategies of human mating.

    David P. Schmitt

  • The dark triad: Facilitating a short-term mating strategy in men

    Peter K. Jonason;Norman P. Li;Gregory D. Webster;David P. Schmitt

  • Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: Tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands

    David P. Schmitt

  • Universal dimensions of human mate preferences

    Todd K. Shackelford;David P. Schmitt;David M. Buss

  • Human mate poaching: tactics and tempations for infiltrating existing mateships.

    David P. Schmitt;David M. Buss

  • Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions Are Models of Self and of Other Pancultural Constructs

    David P. Schmitt;Lidia Alcalay;Melissa Allensworth;Jüri Allik

  • Strategic self-promotion and competitor derogation: Sex and context effects on the perceived effectiveness of mate attraction tactics.

    David P. Schmitt;David M. Buss

  • Mate Preferences and Their Behavioral Manifestations

    David M Buss;David P Schmitt

  • The Antihero in Popular Culture: Life History Theory and the Dark Triad Personality Traits

    Peter K. Jonason;Gregory D. Webster;David P. Schmitt;Norman P. Li

  • The Big Five related to risky sexual behaviour across 10 world regions: differential personality associations of sexual promiscuity and relationship infidelity

    David P. Schmitt

  • Are men universally more dismissing than women? Gender differences in romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions

    David P. Schmitt;Lidia Alcalay;Melissa Allensworth;Lara Ault

  • Personality and gender differences in global perspective

    David P. Schmitt;Audrey E. Long;Allante McPhearson;Kirby O'Brien

  • Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner

    David P. Schmitt

  • Self-esteem reactions to social interactions: evidence for sociometer mechanisms across days, people, and nations.

    Jaap J. A. Denissen;Lars Penke;David P. Schmitt;Marcel A. G. van Aken

  • Evolutionary psychology and feminism.

    David Michael Buss;David P. Schmitt

  • Evaluating Evidence of Psychological Adaptation: How Do We Know One When We See One?

    David P. Schmitt;June J. Pilcher

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd K. Shackelford
Todd K. Shackelford Oakland University
David M. Buss
David M. Buss The University of Texas at Austin
Peter K. Jonason
Peter K. Jonason VIZJA University
Jüri Allik
Jüri Allik University of Tartu
Martin Voracek
Martin Voracek University of Vienna
Maryanne L. Fisher
Maryanne L. Fisher Saint Mary's University
Norman P. Li
Norman P. Li Singapore Management University
Paul L. Vasey
Paul L. Vasey University of Lethbridge
Kevin Durkin
Kevin Durkin University of Strathclyde
Robert R. McCrae
Robert R. McCrae Independent Scientist / Consultant, US

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