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Maryanne L. Fisher

Maryanne L. Fisher

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Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
8020
World Ranking
9385
National Ranking
637

Overview

Maryanne L. Fisher is affiliated with Saint Mary's University in Canada and contributes extensively to the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their research spans a variety of topics within these disciplines, with a notable focus on evolutionary psychology and human behavior.

The scientist's work covers main fields such as:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these broader categories, their subfields include:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Gender Studies

Maryanne L. Fisher's research addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

The scientist is frequently published in the following venues:

  • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
  • Human Ethology
  • Evolutionary Psychological Science
  • Sustainability
  • PLoS ONE

Recent papers by Maryanne L. Fisher include:

  • Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age (2023), published in Body Image
  • Predictors of Anxiety in the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Global Perspective: Data from 23 Countries (2021), published in Sustainability
  • Global Perspective on Marital Satisfaction (2020), published in Sustainability
  • Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries (2022), published in Evolution and Human Behavior
  • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Role of Empathy during COVID-19's First Wave (2021), published in Sustainability

Among their frequent coauthors are:

  • T. Joel Wade
  • Hidenori Komatsu
  • Rebecca L. Burch
  • Toivo Aavik
  • Reza Afhami

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison

    Agnieszka Sorokowska;Piotr Sorokowski;Peter Hilpert;Katarzyna Cantarero

  • Female intrasexual competition decreases female facial attractiveness

    Maryanne L Fisher

  • Evolved mechanisms underlying wayfinding. further studies on the hunter-gatherer theory of spatial sex differences.

    Irwin Silverman;Jean Choi;Angie Mackewn;Maryanne Fisher

  • 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

  • Individual differences in intrasexual competition

    Abraham P. Buunk;Maryanne Fisher

  • Components of self-perceived mate value.

    Maryanne Fisher;Anthony Cox;Sasha Bennett;Dubravka Gavric

  • Four strategies used during intrasexual competition for mates

    Maryanne Fisher;Anthony Cox

  • Shapely centrefolds? Temporal change in body measures: trend analysis

    Martin Voracek;Maryanne L Fisher

  • Feelings of regret following uncommitted sexual encounters in Canadian university students

    Maryanne L. Fisher;Kerry Worth;Justin R. Garcia;Tami Meredith

  • 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

  • The influence of female attractiveness on competitor derogation

    Maryanne Fisher;Anthony Cox

  • The Rival Wears Prada: Luxury Consumption as a Female Competition Strategy

    Liselot Hudders;Charlotte De Backer;Maryanne L. Fisher;Patrick Vyncke

  • Proper and dark heroes as DADS and CADS : Alternative mating strategies in British Romantic literature.

    Daniel J. Kruger;Maryanne Fisher;Ian Jobling

  • Defining and Distinguishing Sexual and Emotional Infidelity

    Amanda E. Guitar;Glenn Geher;Daniel J. Kruger;Justin R. Garcia

  • The shape of beauty: determinants of female physical attractiveness.

    Maryanne L Fisher;Martin Voracek

  • 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

  • Was That Cheating? Perceptions Vary by Sex, Attachment Anxiety, and Behavior

    Daniel J. Kruger;Maryanne L. Fisher;Robin S. Edelstein;William J. Chopik

  • Recent decline in nonpaternity rates: a cross-temporal meta-analysis.

    Martin Voracek;Tanja Haubner;Maryanne L. Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Voracek
Martin Voracek University of Vienna
Marina Butovskaya
Marina Butovskaya Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology
Agnieszka Sorokowska
Agnieszka Sorokowska University of Wrocław
Anu Realo
Anu Realo University of Warwick
Todd K. Shackelford
Todd K. Shackelford Oakland University
David P. Schmitt
David P. Schmitt Kansas State University
Justin R. Garcia
Justin R. Garcia Indiana University
Guy Bodenmann
Guy Bodenmann University of Zurich
Daniel David
Daniel David Babeș-Bolyai University
Kevin Durkin
Kevin Durkin University of Strathclyde

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