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Patrick Jern is affiliated with Åbo Akademi University in Finland and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Their work covers multiple subfields including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, sociology and political science, social psychology, and gender studies.

Their research consistently focuses on topics related to sexual function and dysfunction studies, sexuality, behavior and technology, marriage and sexual relationships, LGBTQ health, identity and policy, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, sexual assault and victimization studies, as well as the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Patrick Jern has published several recent papers, including:

  • Uncovering the genetic architecture of broad antisocial behavior through a genome-wide association study meta-analysis (2022, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Relations between HEXACO personality and ideology variables are mostly genetic in nature (2021, European Journal of Personality)
  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Disgust Proneness, Contamination Sensitivity, and Their Covariance (2020, Clinical Psychological Science)
  • How genetic and environmental variance in personality traits shift across the life span: Evidence from a cross-national twin study (2020, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)
  • Does Sexual Desire Fluctuate More Among Women than Men? (2023, Archives of Sexual Behavior)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Patrick Jern include:

  • Pekka Santtila
  • Sabina Nickull
  • Joshua M. Tybur
  • Daniel Ventus
  • A Johansson

Patrick Jern often publishes in several venues related to sexual behavior and psychology. Common publication venues include:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Sexes
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • The adult body: how age, gender, and body mass index are related to body image

    Monica Ålgars;Pekka Santtila;Markus Varjonen;Katarina Witting

  • ORIGINAL RESEARCH—COUPLES' SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS: Female Sexual Dysfunction, Sexual Distress, and Compatibility with Partner

    Katarina Witting;Pekka Santtila;Markus Varjonen;Patrick Jern

  • Discrepancies between Sexual Desire and Sexual Activity: Gender Differences and Associations with Relationship Satisfaction

    Pekka Santtila;Ingrid Wager;Katarina Witting;Nicole Harlaar

  • Premature and Delayed Ejaculation: Genetic and Environmental Effects in a Population-Based Sample of Finnish Twins

    Patrick Jern;Pekka Santtila;Katarina Witting;Katarina Alanko

  • Female Sexual Function and Its Associations with Number of Children, Pregnancy, and Relationship Satisfaction

    Katarina Witting;Pekka Santtila;Katarina Alanko;Nicole Harlaar

  • Experiences of severe childhood maltreatment, depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse among adults in Finland

    Wail Rehan;Jan Antfolk;Ada Johansson;Ada Johansson;Patrick Jern;Patrick Jern

  • Evaluation of the female sexual function index in a population based sample from Finland.

    Katarina Witting;Pekka Santtila;Patrick Jern;Markus Varjonen

  • Changes in the prevalence of child sexual abuse, its risk factors, and their associations as a function of age cohort in a Finnish population sample.

    Toni Laaksonen;Heikki Sariola;Ada Johansson;Patrick Jern

  • The Dopamine Transporter Gene (DAT1) Polymorphism is Associated with Premature Ejaculation

    Pekka Santtila;Patrick Jern;Lars Westberg;Hasse Walum

  • Evidence for a genetic etiology to ejaculatory dysfunction

    P Jern;P Santtila;A Johansson;M Varjonen

  • The Genetics of Sexuality and Aggression (GSA) twin samples in Finland.

    Ada Johansson;Patrick Jern;Pekka Santtila;Bettina von der Pahlen

  • The quantitative genetics of disgust sensitivity.

    James M. Sherlock;Brendan P. Zietsch;Joshua M. Tybur;Patrick Jern

  • Alcohol and aggressive behavior in men–moderating effects of oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms

    Ada Johansson;Hannah Bergman;Jukka Corander;Irwin D. Waldman

  • Variation in Women’s Preferences Regarding Male Facial Masculinity Is Better Explained by Genetic Differences Than by Previously Identified Context-Dependent Effects

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch;Anthony J. Lee;James M. Sherlock;Patrick Jern;Patrick Jern

  • Correlated genetic and non-shared environmental influences account for the co-morbidity between female sexual dysfunctions.

    K. Witting;P. Santtila;F. Rijsdijk;M. Varjonen

  • Factor structure of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for men and women in different age groups.

    Bettina von der Pahlen;Pekka Santtila;Katarina Witting;Markus Varjonen

  • Sexual Body Image and Its Correlates: A Population-Based Study of Finnish Women and Men

    Monica Ålgars;Pekka Santtila;Patrick Jern;Ada Johansson

  • Validation of Three Early Ejaculation Diagnostic Tools: A Composite Measure Is Accurate and More Adequate for Diagnosis by Updated Diagnostic Criteria

    Patrick Jern;Juhana Piha;Pekka Santtila

  • Oppositional defiant- and conduct disorder-like problems: neurodevelopmental predictors and genetic background in boys and girls, in a nationwide twin study

    Nóra Kerekes;Sebastian Lundström;Zheng Chang;Armin Tajnia

  • The effects of using identity deception and suggesting secrecy on the outcomes of adult-adult and adult-child or -adolescent online sexual interactions

    Emilia Bergen;Julia Davidson;Anja Schulz;Petya Schuhmann

  • ORIGINAL RESEARCH—EJACULATORY DISORDERS The Dopamine Transporter Gene (DAT1) Polymorphism is Associated with Premature Ejaculation

    Pekka Santtila;Patrick Jern;Lars Westberg;Hasse Walum

Frequent Co-Authors

Pekka Santtila
Pekka Santtila New York University Shanghai
N. Kenneth Sandnabba
N. Kenneth Sandnabba Åbo Akademi University
Joshua M. Tybur
Joshua M. Tybur Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Elias Eriksson
Elias Eriksson University of Gothenburg
Nicole Harlaar
Nicole Harlaar University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
Lauri Nummenmaa
Lauri Nummenmaa Turku University Hospital
Fruhling Rijsdijk
Fruhling Rijsdijk King's College London
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Lucía Colodro-Conde
Lucía Colodro-Conde QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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