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Overview

Marina Butovskaya is affiliated with the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology in China. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on psychology and social sciences. Within these broad domains, their work emphasizes experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, and demography.

The scientist's research topics include evolutionary psychology and human behavior, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, cultural differences and values, sexual differentiation and disorders, demographic trends and gender preferences, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication" (2020, Psychological Science)
  • "Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" (2021, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin)
  • "Universality of the Triangular Theory of Love: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Triangular Love Scale in 25 Countries" (2020, The Journal of Sex Research)
  • "Predictors of Anxiety in the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Global Perspective: Data from 23 Countries" (2021, Sustainability)
  • "Global Perspective on Marital Satisfaction" (2020, Sustainability)

Frequently collaborating coauthors include Victoria V. Rostovtseva, Daria Dronova, Piotr Sorokowski, Anna A. Mezentseva, and Valentina N. Burkova.

The most frequent publication venues for Marina Butovskaya are:

  • Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Seria XXIII Antropologia) with 13 publications
  • Frontiers in Psychology with 7 publications
  • Scientific Reports with 6 publications
  • Social Evolution & History with 6 publications
  • Sibirskie istoricheskie issledovaniya with 5 publications

Best Publications

  • Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries

    Daniel Conroy-Beam;David M. Buss;Kelly Asao;Agnieszka Sorokowska;Agnieszka Sorokowska

  • Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison

    Agnieszka Sorokowska;Piotr Sorokowski;Peter Hilpert;Katarzyna Cantarero

  • Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication

    Kathryn V. Walter;Daniel Conroy-Beam;David M. Buss;Kelly Asao

  • Cross-Cultural Analysis of Social Competence and Behavior Problems in Preschoolers

    Peter LaFreniere;Nobuo Masataka;Marina Butovskaya;Qin Chen

  • Perceived parental favoritism, closeness to kin, and the rebel of the family The effects of birth order and sex

    Percy A. Rohde;Klaus Atzwanger;Marina Butovskaya;Ada Lampert

  • Sources of Marital Conflict in Five Cultures

    Lisa M. Dillon;Nicole Nowak;Glenn E. Weisfeld;Carol C. Weisfeld

  • Marital Satisfaction, Sex, Age, Marriage Duration, Religion, Number of Children, Economic Status, Education, and Collectivistic Values: Data from 33 Countries

    Piotr Sorokowski;Ashley K. Randall;Agata Groyecka;Tomasz Frackowiak

  • Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.

    Agnieszka Sorokowska;Supreet Saluja;Piotr Sorokowski;Tomasz Frąckowiak

  • Aggression, friendship, and reconciliation in Russian primary schoolchildren

    Marina Butovskaya;Alexander Kozintsev

  • The Associations of Dyadic Coping and Relationship Satisfaction Vary between and within Nations: A 35-Nation Study

    Peter Hilpert;Ashley K. Randall;Piotr Sorokowski;David C. Atkins

  • Aggression, digit ratio, and variation in the androgen receptor, serotonin transporter, and dopamine D4 receptor genes in African foragers: the Hadza.

    Marina L. Butovskaya;Vasiliy A. Vasilyev;Oleg E. Lazebny;Valentina N. Burkova

  • Hierarchical steepness, counter-aggression, and macaque social style scale.

    Krishna N. Balasubramaniam;Katharina Dittmar;Carol M. Berman;Marina Butovskaya

  • Hierarchical steepness and phylogenetic models: phylogenetic signals in Macaca

    K.N. Balasubramaniam;K. Dittmar;Carol M. Berman;M. Butovskaya

  • Universality of the triangular theory of love: Adaptation and psychometric properties of the triangular love scale in 25 countries

    Piotr Sorokowski;Agnieszka Sorokowska;Maciej Karwowski;Agata Groyecka

  • Polymorphisms of two loci at the oxytocin receptor gene in populations of Africa, Asia and South Europe.

    Polina R. Butovskaya;Oleg E. Lazebny;Evgeniya M. Sukhodolskaya;Vasily A. Vasiliev

  • Aggression, conflict resolution, popularity, and attitude to school in Russian adolescents.

    Marina L. Butovskaya;Vera M. Timentschik;Valentina N. Burkova

  • Sex differences in 2D:4D and aggression in children and adolescents from five regions of Russia

    Marina Butovskaya;Julija Fedenok;Valentina Burkova;John Manning

  • Kinship and Different Dominance Styles in Groups of Three Species of the Genus Macaca (M. arctoides, M. mulatta, M. fascicularis)

    Marina Butovskaya

  • Love Influences Reproductive Success in Humans.

    Piotr Sorokowski;Agnieszka Sorokowska;Agnieszka Sorokowska;Marina Butovskaya;Maciej Karwowski

  • Predictors of Anxiety in the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Global Perspective: Data from 23 Countries

    Valentina N. Burkova;Marina L. Butovskaya;Marina L. Butovskaya;Marina L. Butovskaya;Ashley K. Randall;Julija N. Fedenok

  • Digit ratio (2D:4D), testosterone, cortisol, aggression, personality and hand-grip strength: Evidence for prenatal effects on strength

    Evaldo Ribeiro;Nick Neave;Rosana Nogueiro Morais;Liam Kilduff

  • Height preferences in humans may not be universal: evidence from the Datoga people of Tanzania.

    P. Sorokowski;M.L. Butovskaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Agnieszka Sorokowska
Agnieszka Sorokowska University of Wrocław
Bernhard Fink
Bernhard Fink University of Vienna
Piotr Sorokowski
Piotr Sorokowski University of Wrocław
Katarzyna Pisanski
Katarzyna Pisanski French National Centre for Scientific Research
Anu Realo
Anu Realo University of Warwick
Maryanne L. Fisher
Maryanne L. Fisher Saint Mary's University
Todd K. Shackelford
Todd K. Shackelford Oakland University
Konstantinos Kafetsios
Konstantinos Kafetsios Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
David M. Buss
David M. Buss The University of Texas at Austin
Daniel David
Daniel David Babeș-Bolyai University

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